Title
Resolution Approving the City of Hampton, Virginia’s Participation in and Appropriation of Funds for the 2016 Tobacco Use Prevention for Children received from the Virginia Foundation of Healthy Youth
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The City of Hampton Department of Parks, Recreation and Leisure Services proposes to facilitate the "Too Good for Drugs" curriculum with funding from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth grant for children participating in out of school programs in the city. Various sites include community centers, school age program, after school programs and community groups such as; Inspiring Minds, Girls Inc., and Newtown Learning Center.
The focus is to reach Hampton children, ages 6 through 12 in kindergarten through sixth grade and help them learn how to make positive, healthy lifestyles choices. Due to the success of this program in Virginia, in 2009 the Foundation was renamed and the mission was expanded to include childhood obesity. Originally established by the Virginia General Assembly as Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation (VTSF) in 1999, the Virginia Foundation of Healthy Youth (VFHY) now leads statewide efforts to reduce and prevent youth tobacco use and childhood obesity.
The VFHY initiatives are programs, marketing, research and public relations. The objective is to implement prevention programs and projects that promote healthy youth through: integration of science-based tobacco use prevention curricula in youth settings, community level adaptations through policy, systems and environmental change.
Discussion:
The City of Hampton Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Department has been awarded a 3-year grant (2015-2018), in the amount of $138,283.00 ($45,872 per year) from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth (VFHY). VFHY is the exclusive funder for this grant. This grant has allowed Hampton Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Services to lead the implementation of the 10 week, "Too Good for Drugs" curriculum to 22 Hamp...
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