On behalf of the Cancer Action Coalition of Virginia, it is our pleasure to submit the annual report to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Joint Commission on Health Care as requested in House Joint Resolution No. 56 of 2010.

The Cancer Action Coalition of Virginia (CACV) is an alliance of organizations and individuals working together to provide statewide guidance, support, leadership, and coordination of cancer prevention and control activities throughout the Commonwealth. CACV is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Our mission is to reduce the burden of cancer for all persons living in Virginia utilizing the Virginia Cancer Plan to provide a forum for collaboration, education, and advocacy.

In 2023, CACV members, in partnership with the Virginia Department of Health, released the latest blueprint for community-based cancer prevention and control activities in the Commonwealth; the document is the Virginia Cancer Plan (VCP), 2023-2027. The VCP contains goals, specific objectives, methods to achieve identified objectives, and standards used to measure success. In response to the VCP, CACV organizes and supports implementation teams to address objectives along the cancer continuum and hosts quarterly meetings for its membership and the Virginia Cancer Conference biennially.

Throughout the report, you will find references to how our activities align with the Virginia Cancer Plan along with metrics showing our progress. Our activities always intend to promote collaboration among our members to meet the goals and objectives of the Virginia Cancer Plan. Please contact Annie Turner at aturner@cancercoalitionofvirginia.org to answer questions about the report. Thank you for distributing the report to Virginia’s legislators and citizens.

Sincerely,

/s/ Amy Godkin
Chair
/s/ Annie Turner
Executive Director