CACV periodically offers grant funding to support programs and projects that align with
the different goals, objectives and strategies outlined in the Virginia Cancer Plan. It is
only together that we can address and reduce the burden of cancer across the Commonwealth of Virginia.
NEW: FY2027 Grant Opportunity
Enhancing Psychosocial Support for Cancer Survivors and/or Caregivers
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and CACV have received funding from the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to implement and/or grow programming that improves the health and well-being of cancer survivors through increased or enhanced community partnerships and engagement.
Initiatives should address one or both of the following:
- For Cancer Survivors: Partner to increase support networks that offer group psychosocial support to help survivors express and manage disease-related emotions, increase social support, enhance relationships with family and physicians, and improve symptom control.
- For Caregivers of Cancer Survivors: Partner to implement evidence-based interventions to foster caregiver physical and mental health, social connectiveness, and mental support for financial worries.
Examples of group psychosocial support interventions may include but are not limited to:
- Support groups for patients and/or caregivers to share their experiences and emotions in a group of other individuals with similar experiences (can be professional or peer-led).
- Informational support groups that provide cancer-related information and education to cancer patients and/or caregivers via expert speakers (typically led by a professional facilitator).
- Group physical activity and/or nutrition programming tailored for people who have been impacted by cancer.
Who Should Apply
This funding opportunity is open to Cancer Action Coalition of Virginia (CACV) members only. Applicants must be members throughout the project period. To join CACV or to renew your membership, visit JOIN CACV.
- Not-for-profit organizations (501c3)
- Community-based organizations
- Healthcare organizations, including cancer centers
- Local public health departments
Project Period
The estimated project period is Tuesday, December 15, 2026, through Tuesday, June 15, 2027.
Available Funding
Total funding available for FY27 Group Psychosocial Grants is $46,500. Applicants may apply for any amount up to $15,000 funding support for the period of December 15, 2026, through June 15, 2027. Click here to read the full grant announcement.
How to Apply
To be considered, applications must be submitted through the link below by 11:59 pm on November 10, 2026. Late applications will not be accepted. A member of the grant review committee may reach out to applicants for clarification and/or additional information as needed.
Previous Grant Funded Projects
FY25 Funding: Group Psychosocial Support
- ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation: Provide Community and Connections programs which provide a supportive community where individuals can connect with others facing similar challenges while fostering a sense of understanding and belonging.
- Carilion Clinic: Create a weekly support program for cancer survivors where participants will acquire knowledge and practical health and wellness tools for navigating the experience of cancer from diagnosis and treatment to remission, cure, and survivorship.
- Inova: Deliver an 8–10 week educational series focused on women’s sexual health after cancer.
- Sentara: Create a virtual and in-person psychosocial support group for cancer patients and survivors.
- Virginia Hospital Center: Provide a Cancer Survivorship Retreat offering education and psychosocial support to cancer survivors and caregivers.
FY24 Funding: Group Psychosocial Support
- Here for the Girls: Develop and deliver a research-based member and caregiver
psychoeducational virtual support series. - Inova: Deliver an 8-10 week educational series focused on men’s sexual health
after cancer. - Nueva Vida: Develop virtual psychosocial support groups specifically designed
for uninsured immigrant Latina metastatic breast cancer survivors and young
Latina cancer survivors. - VCU Massey Cancer Center: Provide evidence-based nutrition education with a registered dietitian tailored to cancer prevention and survivorship including vouchers for affordable fresh produce from Shalom Farms.
FY23 Funding: Address Structural Barriers to Cancer Screening and Treatment
- Ballad Health: Provide direct transportation assistance to help remove barriers to screening or treatment in Southwest Virginia.
- Neighborhood Health: Provide transportation to low-income, uninsured patients to complete their mammograms or colonoscopies.
- Nueva Vida: Provide transportation, culturally appropriate navigation to increase breast cancer screening to under-resourced and uninsured Latina women.
- Riverside Health: Increase access to cancer imaging and/or treatment in the Eastern Shore community by providing transportation assistance to patients in need.
- VCU Massey Cancer Center: Alleviate transportation and lodging burdens for patients to receive screening, treatment, survivorship care and clinical trial participation.
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