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The 2021-2022 Block Grant Annual Report highlights the collaboration of prevention professionals and community stakeholders.
Prevention professionals across Virginia use the Strategic Prevention Framework, an outcome-based planning model, as the foundation of our commonwealth's prevention system. OBHW worked together with OMNI Institute to gather data and stories of prevention work that was...
2020-21 Virginia Substance Use Prevention Block Grant Annual Report
The Substance Abuse Block Grant (SABG) is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Virginia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) Office of Behavioral Health Wellness (OBHW) distributes grant...
The 2022 Virginia Community Readiness Report captures Virginians’ preparedness to engage in problem gambling and marijuana use prevention
Virginia's Office of Behavioral Health Wellness (OBHW) within the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) received funding to support prevention efforts targeted towards marijuana and problem gambling. Two community readiness...