Spearheaded by First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin, It Only Takes One raises awareness about fentanyl’s dangers by equipping parents, caregivers, and youth with tools to prevent accidental overdoses and spark life-saving conversations across Virginia communities.

Virginia is prioritizing youth mental health by addressing social media harms and promoting healthier screen habits. The initiative encourages families to pledge to reduce screen time by 25% and support open conversations at home and in schools.

This statewide initiative strengthens Virginia’s child welfare system by expanding kinship care, empowering foster youth, reducing congregate care, addressing workforce gaps, and creating lasting stability for families and children.

Governor Youngkin’s maternal health plan aims to reduce preventable deaths, improve access to prenatal and postpartum care, and close equity gaps by working with healthcare providers, community groups, and families statewide.

To meet growing care demands, Virginia is expanding its healthcare workforce by increasing training, easing entry into the field, and offering incentives to recruit and retain nurses, behavioral health workers, and other professionals.

Virginia is ensuring individuals with limited English proficiency or disabilities can access health services by improving agency communication, translation, and support—removing barriers to care across the Commonwealth.

Virginia is modernizing long-term care oversight to protect vulnerable residents by raising provider standards, updating regulations, and giving the health commissioner stronger authority to ensure safe, high-quality care.