Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention

Virginia

$1,196,009

Total CBCAP Funding

Services

Core Services

The Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) is a state supervised and locally administered social services system. Providing oversight and guidance to 120 local offices across the state, VDSS delivers a wide variety of services and benefits to over 1.6 million Virginians each year. VDSS’ programs are designed to help Virginia’s most vulnerable citizens find permanent solutions to life’s many challenges. The Department is responsible for administering a variety of programs, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid, Adoption/Foster Care, Child Care Assistance, Child Support, Refugee Resettlement Services, and Child and Adult Protective Services/Abuse and Neglect. The goals of VDSS are to promote the well-being of our citizens through the delivery of essential services and benefits to ensure families are strengthened, and individuals achieve their highest level of self-sufficiency.

Impact

People We've Served

1,108 families served in Virginia this year.

1,562

Parents served

1,175

Children served

83

Parents with disabilities served

98

Children with disabilities served

Investment

Evidence-Based Programs

$1,445,685

Total Funding for Evidence-Based Programs

Infrastructure

State Lead Agency Structure

  • Child Welfare Agency

Partnerships

Cross-System Collaborations

CBCAP works across these systems to strengthen families.

  • Child Welfare

  • IV-B

    Title IV-B of the Social Security Act provides funds for programs directed toward keeping families together.

  • Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems

  • CFSR

    Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) is a periodic review of state child welfare systems by the Children’s Bureau.

  • APSR

    Annual Progress and Services Report (APSR) is the annual update on progress made toward accomplishing the goals and objectives in the CFSP.

  • Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting

    Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program facilitates collaboration and partnership at the federal, state, and community levels to improve the health of at-risk children through evidence-based home visiting programs.

  • Mental Health

Reach

Public Awareness

1,240

Total individuals reached via public awareness

Print Report