New Bishop Has Existing Connections To W.Va.
Evelio Menjivar-Ayala will serve as the tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston — which encompasses all of West Virginia — starting in July.
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An Ohio Photographer Spent 15 Years With One Family. She Says Her Project Never Ended
Fifteen years ago, when Maddie McGarvey was a sophomore at Ohio University, she took on a project to document grandparents raising their grandchildren. That led her to meet 3-year-old Paige Casto and her family. She’s been photographing them ever since. Inside Appalachia Associate Producer Abby Neff spoke with McGarvey.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPhotographing Grandfamilies in Appalachia, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, a photographer spends more than a decade documenting grandfamilies and new business opportunities come to the state.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUs & Them: Our Foster Care Crisis
Across the nation, more than 390,000 children rely on foster care. However, a shortage of licensed foster homes is creating a national crisis. While official foster care cases are carefully tracked, many informal examples of kinship care aren’t part of the data. For this Us & Them episode, we hear the experiences of those who’ve been part of the foster care system.
Continue Reading Take Me to More News‘Grandfamilies’ Can Get $150 Vaccine Incentive
Gov. Jim Justice announced an initiative that will provide a $150 voucher for back-to-school supplies to all vaccinated grandfamilies in West Virginia.
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Grandfamilies of the Opioid Crisis
This Us & Them episode, which was recently honored with a 2021 National Edward R. Murrow award, examines: How can society support grandparents who are raising the children of their drug-addicted children?
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUs & Them: Grandfamilies and the Pandemic
Us & Them host Trey Kay speaks with West Virginian grandparents about the challenges of raising grandchildren during COVID-19. He also talks with Bonnie Dunn, director of West Virginian State University’s “Healthy Grandfamilies” program and Ana Beltran, co-director of National Center on Grandfamilies.
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