Virginia Partners in Prayer & Prevention continues to work with, support and be a resource to our places of worship, faith and interfaith-based communities across the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Do you want a copy of your immunization record?
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Call 877-VAX-IN-VA
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Feeling Sick?
Back to Basics
Request a Pharmacy Precision Clinic
FEMA Grant Program
National Stroke Awareness Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
No Hungry Kid
Menthol Sunday 2022
Training & Webinars
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FEELING SICK?
COMPARING SYMPTOMS OFCOMPARING OF ALLERGIES,
COMMON COLD, STREP THROAT, FLU, AND COVID-19
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Since 1949, Mental Health America and our affiliates across the country have observed May is Mental Health Month by reaching out to millions of people through the media, local events, and screenings. We invite other organizations to join us in spreading the word that mental health is something everyone should care about by using the May is Mental Health Month toolkit materials and conducting awareness activities.
After the last two years of pandemic living, many people are realizing that stress, isolation, and uncertainty have taken a toll on their well-being.
This year, the theme of MHA’s 2022 Mental Health Month Toolkit is "Back to Basics." Our goal is to provide foundational knowledge about mental health & mental health conditions and information about what people can do if their mental health is a cause for concern.
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FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THE 2022 MENTAL HEALTH MONTH TOOLKIT |
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Pharmacy Precision Clinics
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) Division of Pharmacy Services developed a COVID-19 vaccination program called Pharmacy Precision Clinics (PPCs) to vaccinate as many Virginians as possible. Precision Clinics operate by partnering with local participating pharmacies to administer COVID-19 vaccines.
Pharmacy Precision Clinics are available to faith and community-based organizations interested in making COVID-19 vaccinations. PPCs are free of charge to the community.
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To request a PPC, interested organizations should complete and submit this REDCap survey. There are no minimum or maximum number of vaccination requirements to request a clinic. |
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Once the survey is submitted; the appropriate Local Health Department (LHD) will be notified and will initiate the process of coordinating the requested clinic. If an LHD is unable to facilitate the coordination, the VDH Division of Pharmacy Services team will ensure that a clinic is coordinated as per the request. |
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INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR SERIES
Fiscal Year 2022 Nonprofit Security Grant Program Technical Assistance Webinar Series
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate (GPD), in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, invites faith-based, community, and nonprofit organizations to participate in upcoming webinars regarding the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). The NSGP provides funding support through a competitive process for facility hardening and other security enhancements to nonprofit organizations at high risk of a terrorist attack and promotes emergency preparedness coordination and collaboration between public and private community representatives, as well as state, local, tribal, and territorial governments.
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National Stroke Awareness Month 2022 |
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Know the Facts About Stroke
Stroke kills nearly 150,000 of the 860,000 Americans who die of cardiovascular disease each year—that’s 1 in every 19 deaths from all causes.
Are you at risk?
Several factors that are beyond your control can increase your risk for stroke. These include your age, sex, and ethnicity. But there are many unhealthy habits, such as smoking, drinking too much alcohol, and not getting enough exercise, that you can change to lower your stroke risk.
Can it be prevented?
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Maintain a healthy weight. CDC’s Healthy Weight website includes information and tools to help you lose weight.
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Be physically active. Visit CDC’s Physical Activity website for more information on being active.
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Prevent or manage your other health conditions, especially high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and obesity. Visit CDC’s High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Diabetes webpages on these conditions to learn more.
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Empowering Healthy Families Research Study
Program for Families with Children in 1st-5th Grade
The Empowering Healthy Families (EHF) program is recruiting churches for Fall 2022!
EHF is hosted in partnership with the Baptist General Convention of Virginia (BGCVA),
Virginia Tech, Virginia State University, and Cooperative Extension. We are excited to
help families throughout Virginia improve their healthy eating, physical activity, and
financial wellness habits.
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Open enrollment ends June 1st, 2022. At this time all churches must complete the open enrollment registration form, confirm their participation, confirm their church team, and confirm 5 of 10 families have been recruited for the program. That information should be submitted using the family and church team sign up sheets below. Please find the Open Enrollment Registration link as well as the program calendar below. The info session is intended for churches that would like to learn more about the EHF program. Our next "Info Session" will be held on May 12th, 2022; 6pm-715pm. The zoom information is below.
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It’s Okay To Not Be Okay
Each year millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental illness. During May, NAMI Virginia joins the national movement to raise awareness about mental health. Each year we fight stigma, provide support, educate the public and advocate for policies that support people with mental illness and their families. The past year has tested our resiliency and patience. From the coronavirus pandemic to surges in social, racial, and political unrest, there is a lot going on in the world. This Mental Health Awareness Month, we recognize and honor the 1 in 5 diagnosed with a mental health condition, and the 5 in 5 affected by one: everyone has something to share or learn in our fight for Mental Health for All.
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Take The Go Green Challenge!
Download the flyer below and share it with your friends, family, and co-workers! The Go-Green Challenge offers a self-paced, self-directed way to learn about mental health, mental health conditions, and take advantage of NAMI Virginia’s free, peer-led programming.
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Sunday | May 15, 2022
GET IN THE RING
Download the 2022 Toolkit
Use No Menthol Sunday 2022 to trample the opposition. This toolkit will equip participants with strategies, facts, and talking points to be bold in this final fight against tobacco. Decades of work are now coming to fruition and we must maintain momentum until it is accomplished. Don't be afraid to get in the ring, we've already won.
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TOOLKIT & RESOURCES
The No Menthol Sunday toolkit details this year's theme and contains templates, sermon topics, fact sheets, activities and inspiration for your faith community event. Plus download extras including PSA's, press release and coloring pages.
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- 10 Days of NMS Activities
- Church Announcement
- Coloring Book
- Sermon Topics
- Youth Activity: Menthol in My Community
- Order Church Fans (Free)
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During NAHM, support adolescent mental health and well-being Mental health is an essential part of overall health. Join the Office of Population Affairs to support adolescent mental health and well-being during National Adolescent Health Month. Young people can face social and economic inequality, discrimination, violence, and other factors that can affect mental health, and the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded existing mental health issues. Supporting adolescents’ mental health can help to strengthen their resilience.
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Resources to support adolescent mental health and well-being
Mental Health
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Virginia P3 Partner Resource Webinar Series |
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Dementia Friendly Programs: Raising Awareness and Reducing Stigma in Your Community
George Worthington, the Dementia Services Coordinator with the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, will discuss Virginia's efforts to support individuals and families living with dementia through Dementia Friendly efforts at a community level. These include Dementia Friendly Community initiatives and the Dementia Friends information sessions. The presentation will include an extract of the information session to give you a feel for this engaging and informative program, and will give you information about how to bring these to your community. Finally, he will share new resources that are available to Virginians and introduce you to the new Dementia Capable Virginia initiative.
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When: Thursday, May 19, 2022
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Virginia Relay Remote Conference Captioning (RCC) services will be available for this session.
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Acts of targeted violence against houses of worship are a real—and potentially growing—problem in the United States and a top priority for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). CISA has prepared this comprehensive security guide based on original analysis to help houses of worship develop a comprehensive security strategy to mitigate future incidents.
In this security guide, CISA analyzed ten years of targeted attacks on houses of worship to provide context to the enterprise-wide security recommendations outlined in the previous chapters. The case studies reviewed are examples of the breadth of threats a house of worship faces daily.
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Many people aren’t fully aware of the severity of the childhood hunger crisis in the United States. With that, many parents are searching to find resources available in their community to help them feed their children. Every kid needs three meals a day to grow up healthy, happy and strong. But today in America, too many children are missing those meals.
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The good news? This is a problem we know how to solve. Enter your address to find free, healthy meals being served by organizations in your community. We do not use your information for any other purpose than to locate food assistance.
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CHRONIC DISEASE SELF-MANAGEMENT PROGRAM CLASSES
Thursday, May 21, 2022 at 1:30 PM
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What is CDSMP?
CDSMP is 6-week program that meets for two hours once a week. CDSMP helps people learn ways to control pain and other symptoms, get around better, and stay independent.
Classes are offered through in-person, virtual via Zoom, or by phone with toolkit sessions.
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Living Health Extravagaza
Victory Family Worship Center
Richmond, VA
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Thank you to the Victory Family Worship Center and Ministries of Friendship Baptist Church. We had an amazing time!
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2022 Health Expo
Ministries of Friendship Baptist Church
Hopewell, VA
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Move in May and Celebrate National Physical Fitness & Sports Month
Physical activity is key to maintaining health and well-being. Getting active can improve fitness and reduce stress, reduce risk for many chronic diseases, and ease symptoms of anxiety and depression.
To help your community get active, spread the word about National Physical Fitness & Sports Month and share ODPHP’s physical activity resources. We’ll have new blog posts throughout the month. Sign up to get email updates when we post new information about physical activity!
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Hepatitis Awareness Month
The month of May is designated as Hepatitis Awareness Month in the United States, and May 19th is Hepatitis Testing Day. During May, CDC and our public health partners work to shed light on the impact of these hidden epidemics by raising awareness of viral hepatitis while encouraging testing and vaccination. Hepatitis Awareness Month activities help to improve everyone’s understanding of viral hepatitis transmission and risk factors and to decrease social stigma against viral hepatitis.
Both hepatitis A and hepatitis B are preventable with safe and effective vaccines, and hepatitis C is curable with prescribed treatment. Getting tested is the only way to know if you have hepatitis A, hepatitis B or hepatitis C. Learn more.
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Visit the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) to access AA and NHPI Heritage Month graphics, social media messages, and trusted resources tailored for AA and NHPI communities this month and throughout the year.
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Additional Community Resources |
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Get free at-home COVID-19 tests
Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order #4 free at-home COVID-19 tests. The tests are completely free. Orders will usually ship in 7-12 days. If you need a COVID-19 test now, please see other testing resources for free testing locations in your area.
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Virginia P3 recognizes that faith-based and community partners eagerly and actively step in to fulfill the needs of their community, especially during a crisis. As a result, we aim to equip our partners to respond to the present opioid health crisis with Opioid Response Toolkits. |
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Get COVIDWISE today!
Have you added your phone to the COVID fight yet? Download Virginia’s free COVIDWISE Exposure Notifications app today to help protect your community while protecting your privacy!
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May 12, 2022 | 1:00PM-2:00PM EST
May 17, 2022 | 1:00PM–2:00PM EST
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May 19, 2022 |1:00PM-2:00PM EST
May 25, 2022 | 5:00PM-6:30PM EST
June 7, 2022 | 1:00PM-2:30PM EST
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Public Health and Faith. Public Health Center of Excellence on Dementia Caregiving. June 8th, 2022 |12:00pm-1:30pm EST | Zoom
June 13, 2022 |1:00PM-2:00PM EST
June 14, 2022 |10:00M-11:00AM EST
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The Foundation is emphasizing programs that specifically work to create equity in maternal healthcare by addressing racial disparities, biases, barriers to care, and health-related social needs. The programs should drive specific, measurable maternal/child health outcomes.
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Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for funding reentry services and programs focused on strengthening education and employment outcomes for individuals returning from incarceration.
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The Tony Robbins Foundation offers a limited number of event scholarships annually to Tony Robbins live events. The Event Scholarship Program is dedicated to assisting those leading transformations in their communities from nonprofit leaders to educators to advocates. Scholarship recipients have demonstrated their dedication to making a difference in their community by empowering others and creating change through volunteerism and contribution and are awarded on a need basis.
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Virginia scholarship program for students enrolled in nursing education programs to become registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, or certified nursing aides.
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Virginia Partners in Prayer & Prevention (P3) Disparities Grant
The Virginia Department of Health, Office of Health Equity is offering funding up to $20,000 through the Virginia Partners in Prayer & Prevention Disparities Grant, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This grant program addresses COVID-19-related health disparities and advancing health equity by partnering with faith-based institutions and organizations on community-based outreach efforts.
The grant program supports projects responding to the impact of COVID-19 in continued efforts to enhance community resilience, creativity, promoting health and well-being.
Application Opens Summer 2022
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Virginia Partners in Prayer & Prevention
For more information on Virginia P3, visit us here.
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Stay Connected with VDH Updates from the Office of Health Equity. |
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This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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