                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHY YOUTH CREATED; PURPOSES (§ 32.1-355)

A. The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth (VFHY) is hereby created as a body
corporate and a political subdivision of the Commonwealth and as such shall
have, and is hereby vested with, all of the politic and corporate powers as are
set forth in this chapter. The Foundation is established for the purposes of
determining the appropriate recipients of moneys in the Virginia Tobacco
Settlement Fund and causing distribution of such moneys for the purposes
provided in this chapter.

B. The Foundation shall include the following divisions:

   1. The Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation (VTSF) division, to assist in
   financing efforts to restrict the use of tobacco products by minors through
   such means as educational and awareness programs on the health effects of
   tobacco use on minors and enforcement of laws restricting the distribution of
   tobacco products to minors;

   2. The Virginia Youth Obesity Prevention (VYOP) division, which may use moneys
   from the Fund to assist in financing efforts to reduce childhood obesity
   through such means as educational and awareness programs, implementing
   evidence-based practices, and assisting schools and communities with policies
   and programs; and

   3. The Virginia Youth Substance Use Prevention (VYSUP) division, which may use
   moneys from the Fund to assist in financing efforts to prevent and reduce
   substance use by youth in the Commonwealth through such means as educational
   and awareness programs, implementing evidence-based practices, and assisting
   schools and communities with policies and programs.

C. The Foundation shall have only those powers enumerated in &#xA7; 32.1-356.

HISTORY: 1999, cc. 880, 962; 2009, cc. 424, 554; 2017, cc. 60, 109.