The Center for Evidence-based Partnerships in Virginia (CEP-Va) partners with the Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) to accept requests from mental and behavioral health service providers interested in expanding existing evidence-based programs (EBPs) for children and families across Virginia. Service expansion will be funded through Title IV-E via the Family First Prevention Services Act and managed by CEP-Va. 

Supplemental awards refer to smaller awards to cover costs associated with maintaining or growing an existing EBP. Providers interested in full site training (initiating a Family First EBP for the first time), must use the "Full Site" RFA portal here.

VDSS is willing to fund supplemental awards for the following categories:

1. EBP Personnel 

   • Replacement training for new staff EBP practioners and/or supervisors 

   • Additional consultation for current practitioners and/or supervisors

   • Additional training to promote a practtioner to a site supervisor 

   • Additional required costs associated with training (e.g., employee travel, if a virtual/on-site training event isn't possible)

2. EBP Equipment (e.g., bug-in-the-ear bluetooth technology, video cameras or tablets for training and fidelity monitoring, manuals, protocols, toys) 

Please contact CEP-Va (ebplab@vcu.edu) for questions regarding eligibility for supplemental funding 

Any award resulting from this RFA will be paid directly to EBP model purveyors, who will provide the training (i.e., workshop, consultation, or both) to the awarded provider. Any awards designated for funding equipment will be paid directly to vendors.

Any mental or behavioral health provider currently implementing one of the following EBPs: 

• Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT)

• Family Check-Up (FCU)

• Functional Family Therapy (FFT)

• Multisystemic Therapy (MST)

• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)

To apply for a supplemental training award, providers must complete an application form linked here. The following information will be requested:

• Type of funding needed (e.g., equipment, personnel)

• Specific details about the funding requested (i.e., an itemized list of the training components/equipment needed)

• If applying for funding to train new personnel, the following information about each trainee will be requested: 

  • Name and contact info 

  • Length of employment at provider site

  • License/registration status(es)

  • Highest degree type and discipline

  • Location where they will be delivering the EBP (e.g., in the home, specific office, school, etc.)

• Specific details about service coverage:

  • Types of funding accepted 

  • List of counties in which the EBP is available 

Please reach out to The Center (ebplab@vcu.edu) with any questions regarding this application process. The Center aims to provide a response to all applicants within 30 days of submission.