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Foster parents, caseworkers, attorneys, service providers, and other authorized participants in the state’s foster care system can use a new secure platform to share information and track updates.
The Communication & Operations Mobile Engagement Tool (COMET), from the West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS), is designed to strengthen communication and collaboration across the system.
By reducing delays and preventing miscommunication, the platform is expected to ensure that children and families receive timely, consistent support.
Phase 1 of COMET went live on September 2, just three months after the project began. This first phase established secure communication and case tracking.
Phase 2 will offer more tools, including a mobile application to further increase accessibility.
The following is the roll out schedule for Phase 1 of the program.
| 9/1/2025 | Randolph County |
| 9/15/2025 | Monongalia County |
| 9/29/2025 | Wood, Wirt, Putnam, and Mason Counties |
| 10/13/2025 | Lincoln, Boone, Lewis, Upshur, Barbour, Preston, and Taylor Counties |
| 10/27/2025 | Jackson, Roane, Calhoun, Braxton, Cay, Gilmer, Webster, Mercer, and Kanawha Counties |
| 11/10/2025 | Grant, Mineral, Hardy, Tucker, Hampshire, Pendleton, Morgan, Wayne, and Cabell Counties |
| 11/24/2025 | Nicholas, Fayette, Brooke, Hancock, Ohio, Marshall, Tyler, Wetzel, Doddridge, Ritchie, Pleasants, McDowell, and Wyoming Counties |
| 12/8/2025 | Raleigh, Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers, Pocahontas, Logan, and Mingo Counties |
| 12/22/2025 | Harrison, Marion, Berkeley, and Jefferson Counties |
On this West Virginia Week, ICE arrests in West Virginia include 650 people, some lawmakers consider changing how residents vote, and rock climbers embrace the cold to scale a frozen waterfall.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn The Legislature This Week, House Finance leaders provide us with some insight into the state budget process. We also hear about lawmakers’ ideas to change local elections, as well as a bill restricting abortion medication in the Senate.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWhile the West Virginia Legislature may consider hundreds of bills during the 60-day session, there is only one thing they are required by the state constitution to do and that is to pass a balanced budget. The state is not allowed to operate in a deficit. News Director Eric Douglas spoke with House Finance Committee Chair Vernon Criss, R-Wood, and Minority Chair of House Finance Del. John Williams, D-Monongalia, to discuss the process for creating the state budget.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThursday’s decision came following a two-day hearing held in December at the DEP headquarters in Charleston where the citizen groups argued for the release of all redacted information in the site’s air quality permit application.
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