Welcome

Established in 1999 by the Virginia General Assembly, the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth (VFHY) empowers Virginia’s youth to make healthy choices by reducing and preventing youth tobacco use, substance use and childhood obesity.​ VFHY receives no taxpayer funds. Since we began working with youth in 2001, we have helped cut the youth smoking rate in Virginia by more than 70 percent! Our initiatives include:

• Classroom-based prevention programs
• Multimedia marketing campaign
• Teen volunteerism
• Community-based obesity prevention coalitions
• Cutting-edge university research