Youth Development grantees provide evidence-based tobacco, nicotine, and vaping prevention or cessation instruction directly to Virginia youth. Each year, these programs reach about 40,000 youth statewide in settings like public schools, preschools, houses of faith, community centers, and after-school programs.

Community Innovation grantees design and implement community projects to reduce tobacco, nicotine, and vaping product use among a specific youth population.  An important component of Community Innovation is to develop, implement, and document innovative practices to reduce tobacco-related health disparities among youth populations that are at an elevated risk for tobacco use.