Forging Peaceful Families

The Building Healthy Futures Fund (BHFF) was created to establish a statewide revenue source for local Sexual & Domestic Violence Agencies (SDVAs) to implement evidence-informed prevention programming to disrupt the interpersonal and social conditions (root causes) that give rise to sexual and intimate partner violence.   

The Action Alliance and member SDVAs joined forces to launch The Building Healthy Futures Fund in 2011, which offers an opportunity for communities to work together to raise private dollars – to benefit everyone.   

The Action Alliance and member SDVAs joined forces to launch The Building Healthy Futures Fund in 2011, which offers an opportunity for communities to work together to raise private dollars – to benefit everyone.   

The first initiative as part of Building Healthy Futures to raise private dollars was a specialized license plate – the Peace Begins at Home license plate is Virginia’s only license plate to help fund prevention of sexual and domestic violence.  

*Opens a new tab to the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicle’s website to purchase a ‘Peace Begins at Home’ license plate.

You can also view the original (2015) version of the Drive Peace Home video online.   

The Peace Begins at Home Media Kit (PDF) contains talking points about the Fund, the original 2015 video, sample social media posts, tons of shareable images (postcards, Facebook and Twitter headers), a sample press release, official logos, and envelope mailers.