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W.Va. Improves In National Ranking Of Child Wellbeing 

West Virginia rose from 44 to 41 year to year for overall child wellbeing, improving in every category except health.

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Annual Report Shows Good News, Bad News In W.Va. Children’s Health

When it comes to several different measures of overall well-being, a new report shows West Virginia’s children rank 44th nationally. But there are some important improvements.

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Child Care Access A Barrier To Improving Child Well-Being In W.Va.

West Virginia ranked 42nd in the nation for child well-being in this year’s KIDS COUNT Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Each year, the foundation chooses a specific hurdle to improving child well-being, and this year’s focus is the state of child care.

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Annual Report Finds W.Va. Improved on Most Markers of Child Well-Being

Over the past 30 years, the annual Kids County Data Book has been tracking things like low birth-weight babies, children in poverty and young children not…

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