Title
Resolution Approving the City of Hampton, Virginia's Participation in and Appropration of Funds for the 2017 Tobacco Use Prevention for Children Received from the Virginia Foundation of Healthy Youth
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The City of Hampton Parks, Recreation and Leisure Department proposes to facilitate the "Too Good for Drugs" Curriculum during out of school programs with funding from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth Grant Program 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 years in kindergarten through sixth grade by helping them learn how to make positive, healthy lifestyle 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 adaptions 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 $138,283,000 from the Virginia Foundation of Healthy Youth (VFYH). VFHY is the exclusive funder of this grant. This grant has allowed Hampton Parks, Recreation and Leisure Services to lead the implementation of the "Too Good for Drugs" curriculum to 22 H...
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