Achievements

• Urban Baby Beginnings opened the maternal health hub in April 2023, providing one-stop access to a range of maternal health services with support from a grant from the Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield Foundation available maternal health services crafted by DMAS and Managed Care Organizations (MCOs)
• 210 pregnant women received free prenatal and postpartum care through a targeted campaign to promote available maternal health services crafted by DMAS and Managed Care Organizations (MCOs)
• Completed $8M, 75,000-square-foot Park and Ride facility that opened under-budget in Fall 2022 and has grown ridership 10% since opening
• Debuted a 3rd roundtrip on the DC-Petersburg-Norfolk train route; ridership has since grown by over 50% on the route and by 11% YoY at Petersburg Ettrick Station
• Opened the Virginia Community Resource Center in downtown Petersburg to provide state and local support to the region's veteran population and community at large, with resources for education, health, workforce, housing and more
• Demolished the Ramada Inn, which had been vacant since 2012, and began planning for a new development at the location
• Established the Petersburg Founder's Fund, a $500,000 competitive grant fund to support the launch and growth of scalable businesses in Petersburg, and awarded $25,000 grants to twenty new and small businesses in April, 2023 
• Donated the Governor’s fourth quarter Salary to Pathways, a Petersburg Non-Profit that provides workforce development training, life skills coaching, and financial education to citizens from low-income backgrounds
• Virginia was awarded $1.5 billion of federal monies to deploy broadband access and increase service affordability in underserved areas. Virginia was the first state in the nation to submit all required planning, expediting the state’s ability to serve Petersburg residents.
• Distributed 4,100 toothbrush kits to children in all Petersburg City Public Schools
• DMAS, together with Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) DentaQuest and Conexus, participated in over 236 community health-related events and mobile clinics in the City of Petersburg since August 2022
• Partnered with Conexus Vision and United Healthcare to donate eyeglasses to 51 children at Lakemont Elementary School. Conexus performed digital vision screenings of 1,055 Petersburg students, ultimately providing free in-person eye exams and prescription glasses to 440 students through their mobile clinic
• Expanded before and after school care with the Petersburg YMCA to serve an additional 150 children
• Hired two new Communities in Schools (CIS) site coordinators at Westview Early Learning Center and Blanford Learning Academy to manage cases for up to 50 students each, and support whole school services that touch 75% of the school population (200 students at Westview and 400 students at Blanford)
• $16 million in state resources funded the creation of 193 new affordable housing units through the Affordable and Special Needs Housing program or private activity bond allocations
• The Attorney General’s Office hired a Group Violence Intervention (GVI) Coordinator for the Petersburg area to elevate investigation strategies used in gang-related crimes, including procuring a Real Time Crime and Mobile Command Center, and coordinating with other GVI partners across the state to assist with crime trend analytics
• The Petersburg Health Department re-opened its Men’s Health clinic ‘Monday Night Checkups’ in September 2022, providing free educational, counseling, testing, and treatment services to 66 adult men
• $5 million state investment dedicated to advance pharmaceutical manufacturing and support production of essential medicine ingredients
• Established the Brightpoint pharmaceutical manufacturing program, yielding up to 125 training certifications, 30 of which have been issued
• Today (10/17), Petersburg has an additional 15 sworn officers since the initiation of the Partnership, an increase of 20%. This unprecedented increase in staffing levels was facilitated in part through a partnership with Virginia State University, Petersburg Police Department, Crater Criminal Justice Training Academy, and the Department of Criminal Justice Services which created a community-wide approach to build the sworn officer pipeline
• The state distributed $800,000 in ARPA funds allowing the Petersburg Police Department to purchase field-altering equipment and technologies that support the work of sworn officers
• The Petersburg Health Department commenced an additional immunization clinic in September 2022, providing free services to over 410 clients since it opened on September 1st
• Provided paid tutoring opportunities to HBCU students, allowing over 400 Petersburg City Public Schools students to receive zero-cost tutoring from 20 VSU students throughout the last school year
• The Department of Juvenile Justice developed and implemented a process of immediate response for Juveniles committing crimes with guns, more than doubling the percentage of youth receiving related intervention and rehabilitative services
• Over 300 students received before, after, and during school support and care through the YMCA and Communities in Schools
• The Petersburg-based Molina One Stop Resource Center launched in July 2023, creating a central location for advisory group meetings, member and community education, as well as offering health clinics and telemedicine kiosks and other resources
• Nearly $30 million of federal funding was secured to upgrade Poor Creek Wastewater projects, positively impacting 31% of Petersburg residents and opening ~2,000 acres for commercial and industrial site development
• Petersburg received an additional $2.8 million in funding from the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation to perform stormwater upgrades and combat flooding in the Lakemont Neighborhood
• Through the Operation Ceasefire Grant Fund, the Attorney General’s Office hired two Special Assistant United States Attorneys and three additional state prosecutors to alleviate pressure on local prosecutors burdened by elevated caseloads
• Violent crime incidents are down in Petersburg by 33% year-to-date (10/17). This success was achieved through multiple initiatives, including the deployment of Virginia State Police officers (“VSP Project”) support Petersburg Police Department in combatting violent crime
• 75 area residents now have gainful employment resulting from 5 job fairs the Virginia Employment Commission hosted in Petersburg

And much more!