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Commissioner Of W.Va. Bureau For Social Services Talks Challenges With Foster Care, This West Virginia Morning

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On this West Virginia Morning, West Virginia has one of the highest rates of children living in foster care or in group homes. State lawmakers say the system designed to take care of them is broken and are trying to change that.

Also, in this show, we have stories about West Virginia’s energy resources, a class action lawsuit filed against cable provider Suddenlink, and Nefesh Mountain has our Mountain Stage Song of the Week.

West Virginia Morning is a production of West Virginia Public Broadcasting which is solely responsible for its content.

Support for our news bureaus comes from West Virginia University, Concord University, and Shepherd University.

Appalachia Health News is a project of West Virginia Public Broadcasting with support from Charleston Area Medical Center and Marshall Health.

West Virginia Morning is produced with help from Curtis Tate, Chris Schulz, David Adkins, Eric Douglas, Jessica Lilly, June Leffler, Liz McCormick, Randy Yohe, Roxy Todd and Shepherd Snyder.

Eric Douglas is our news director. Caitlin Tan is our producer.

Teresa Wills and Chuck Anziulewicz are our hosts.

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