Deer Hunters Who Donate To Those In Need Can Enter Contest For Prizes
Bow hunting season open Saturday in West Virginia.
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Foster, Kinship Families Have New Online Support
A new online tool is designed to help kinship and foster families find support and resources in communities across West Virginia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMentor Program Leads To High Graduation Rates For Foster Teens
A program to help graduation rates for teens in foster care is celebrating its most successful year ever.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUs & Them Encore: Our Foster Care Crisis
Across the nation, more than 390,000 children rely on foster care, while a shortage of licensed foster homes is creating a growing crisis. As May marks National Foster Care Month, this encore episode of Us & Them explores the lives of children, foster parents, and families navigating a system under strain.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPreserving History With The Mardi Gras Of Appalachia And Legislative Action On Foster Care Issues, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, the annual Fasnacht celebration in Randolph County has become the Mardi Gras of Appalachia, and community stakeholders discuss legislative action on foster care.
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Stakeholders Weigh In On Foster Care Issues
On this episode of The Legislature Today, Assistant News Director Maria Young turned to the issue of legislation related to foster care and adoption as multiple bills wind their way through the two chambers. She spoke with Jaycie Bias, executive director with the West Virginia Foster, Adoptive & Kinship Parents Network, and Rachel Kinder with Mission West Virginia, a non-profit that advocates and focuses on those same areas.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFoster Care Ombudsman Emphasizes Independence, Impartiality As Office’s Role Grows
One of West Virginia’s Foster Care Ombudsmen testified before a committee during November’s interim legislative session about the role her office plays in the state’s child welfare system.
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