In 2025, Insight Region® will focus on the Health and Safety of Children and Youth in Northern Virginia.
Join us for our next event, the Shape of the Region Conference on March 19 at Valo Park, and enjoy our past events below.
Deep Dive Series
The Community Foundation’s data and research center, Insight Region®, invites you to view a dynamic series of deep-dive sessions where we uncovered the key factors shaping our upcoming 2025 Children & Youth Report. Each session is led by our former Senior Director of Insight Region®, Denise Bellows.
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2025 Shape of the Region Conference:
Creating Safe, Supportive Futures for Northern Virginia’s Youth
Northern Virginia’s youth face alarming challenges, with 13.2% feeling unsafe at school and suicide now the second leading cause of death for children aged 10-14. On March 13, 2025, we gathered with state and national experts to explore solutions that create safer spaces, prevent bullying and substance abuse, and expand mental health access.
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Social Healing
February 9, 2024
This event launched the report Indicators of Social Trust, highlighting a key problem facing our region, and the whole country today: Americans’ belief that most people can be trusted.
READ MOREThe Economic Impact of Mental Health
October 10, 2023
This event launched the report The Economic Impact of Mental Health in Northern Virginia, putting in concrete money terms how much money the region loses each year because of mental health.
Getting By
August 29, 2023
This event launched the report Getting By: How Northern Virginians Respond When There is Less to Go Around, describing income inadequacy across Northern Virginia.Read More
Growing Old Together in Northern Virginia
March 23, 2023
This event launched the report Growing Old Together In Northern Virginia: The Family, Homes, and Budgets our Region Needs as we Age at the 2023 Shape of the Region Conference. A full recording of the conference is available below.READ MORE
The Shape of Youth Mental Health
January 31, 2023
This event launched the report The Shape of Youth Mental Health at an event hosted by George Mason University. A recording of the presentation is available below.READ MORE
Finding Our Way Back to Mental Health
March 15, 2022
This event launched the report Finding our Way Back to Mental Health: The Need for Accessible, affordable treatment in the Midst of Collective Trauma at the 2022 Shape of the Region Conference. A recording of the conference is available below.Read More
Ready for Kindergarten, Ready for Life
October 28, 2021
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