Virginia Social Indicator Summary (VASIS) Annual Reports provide information on work completed in the past year on Virginia Social Indicator Summary Dashboards, highlighting recently updated data and outlining what is ahead for the next year of the project.

Virginia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) Office of Behavioral Health Wellness (OBHW) distributes Substance Use Block Grant (SUBG) funding to 40 Community Services Boards (CSBs) across the commonwealth to plan, implement, and evaluate activities aimed at preventing and/or decreasing substance use. These reports, prepared by OMNI Institute (OMNI), provide an overview of block grant prevention activities in Virginia.

SUBG is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and was formerly known at the Substance Abuse Block Grant (SABG)

State Opioid Response (SOR) grant fundings support communities in addressing the opioid crisis by increasing access to medication-assisted treatment, reducing unmet treatment needs, and reducing opioid overdose related deaths. These reports, prepared by OMNI Institute (OMNI), provide an overview of SOR-funded prevention, treatment, and recovery activities in Virginia.

SOR is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

From 2015 to 2020, the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) was awarded Partnerships for Success (PFS) grant funding by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The PFS grant sought to leverage resources and funding at the state and local levels for prevention work and infrastructure building, as well as enhance state and community capacity to identify and address health disparities. DBHDS provided PFS grant funds to nine communities to address prescription drug misuse and heroin use among youth and young adults ages 12 to 25 years. These reports provide a snapshot of PFS grant activities.

PFS is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

With the legalization of recreational cannabis, as well as sports betting and other changes that expanded opportunities for gambling in Virginia, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS), in partnership with OMNI Institute, worked with Community Services Boards (CSBs) across Virginia to conduct two community readiness assessments to inform prevention efforts in these areas. This report details findings on the commonwealth’s behaviors, knowledge, attitudes, and environment in regards to gaming and gambling and cannabis.

In 2021 , the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) received funding from fees and taxes collected from gambling operators to support prevention efforts targeted at problem gambling and gaming. DBHDS, in partnership with the OMNI Institute, leveraged these funds to support Community Service Boards (CSBs) across the Commonwealth in conducting needs assessment efforts that would allow for a greater understanding of community behaviors, knowledge, attitudes, and environments related to gaming and gambling. This report summarizes findings from the environmental scans conducted by CSBs between October 2021 and May 2022 to understand the physical gaming and gambling landscape in Virginia.

In the spring of 2018, the OMNI Institute collaborated with the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS), Office of Behavioral Health Wellness to examine the status and needs related to behavioral health and substance use in Virginia. This needs assessment revealed that the longstanding focus of prevention work on alcohol and tobacco remains a need in Virginia. As such, these two substances are designated priority areas along with mental health and suicide.

This report looks at how gaming and gambling affect youth and young adults in Virginia and explores how gaming and gambling can affect other aspects of public health, including substance use and mental health.

Published in 2023 by the Virginia State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group (SEOW)

This report summarizes the status of youth mental health in Virginia, current prevention efforts in Virginia that aim to protect mental health, the role of stigma as a barrier to mental health support, and information on mental health resources available in Virginian communities.

Published in 2023 by the Virginia State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group (SEOW)

This infographic focuses on the misuse of opioids in Virginia, which includes heroin, fentanyl, and prescription drugs. The two-pager also highlights prevention and harm reduction efforts in communities across Virginia, including naloxone administration and fentanyl test strips.

Published in 2022 by the Virginia State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group (SEOW)

This report summarizes information on marijuana legalization in Virginia and the impacts of legalization in Virginia and other states. Click here to view the references for this report, and click here to see the executive summary.

Published in 2022 by the Virginia State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group (SEOW)

This brief report provides background information on fentanyl use and prevention and harm reduction resources in Virginia.

Published in 2022 by the Virginia State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group (SEOW)

This information sheet provides background on the cost savings of substance misuse prevention efforts in Virginia and how prevention funding is used throughout the state.

Published in 2022 by the Virginia State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group (SEOW)

This report provides a summary of preliminary trends in data around adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), school closures, behavioral health, substance use and overdoses, and the criminal justice system in Virginia since the onset of COVID-19 in March 2020. Click here for excerpts that can be used for dissemination.

Published in 2020 by the Virginia State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group (SEOW)

This document is a condensed, three-page summary of the information found in the full report, below. It can be used as a more accessible introduction to health disparities and to see an example of a disparity in Virginia.

Published in 2020 by the Virginia State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group (SEOW)

This document is a condensed, three-page summary of the information found in the full report, below. It can be used as a more accessible introduction to health disparities and to see an example of a disparity in Virginia.

Published in 2020 by the Virginia State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group (SEOW)

This report provides background on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and explores ACEs data in Virginia.

Published in 2020 by the Virginia State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group (SEOW)