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Meeting Set on Group's Plans for College for Ex-Foster Kids

A meeting is set on a nonprofit group’s plans to start a college in southern West Virginia for students transitioning out of foster care.WVU Tech in Montgomery, West Virginia

The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery. The campus is becoming available because West Virginia University is completing the move of WVU Tech from Montgomery to Beckley this year.

Olathe, Kansas-based KVC Health Systems wants to use the campus. The group specializes in behavioral health care and child welfare. West Virginia legislative lobbyist Tommy Bailey has helped KVC during negotiations with WVU.

While many states offer college tuition waivers or some financial assistance to former foster children, dedicating a college to them would appear to be unique.

Bailey says there’s “nothing like this that we can find.”

WVU Tech Campus Could Become College for Former Foster Kids

The West Virginia University Institute of Technology campus could become a college for former foster care children.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports KVC Health Systems is hoping to turn the Montgomery campus into a college for children who have aged out of the foster care system.

Tommy Bailey, a lobbyist at Spilman, Thomas & Battle, has helped the Kansas-based nonprofit with negotiations to lease the campus then purchase it.

Bailey says WVU and KVC Health Systems have reached a general agreement, but no lease-purchase agreement has been signed yet.

WVU plans to announce more details of the agreement Wednesday.

If an agreement is reached soon, Bailey says KVC would hope to attract a group of about 50 students to the college within a year.

Company Continues Effort to Acquire Sugar Grove Base

A health care company is continuing its effort to acquire a Navy base in Pendleton County after the facility closes.

KVC Health Systems has proposed converting the Naval Information Operations Center in Sugar Grove into a community college that would serve young adults emerging from the foster care system.

KVC spokeswoman Jenny Kutz tells the Daily News-Record of Harrisonburg. Virginia, that the company will continue to partner with community and state leaders to make its vision a reality.

Earlier this month, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin turned down the federal government’s offer to transfer ownership of the 122-acre base to the state. State corrections officials had suggested that the base be used as a women’s prison.

The Navy plans to close the base at the end of this month.

Public Meeting Held on Sugar Grove Proposal

A nonprofit is holding a public meeting this week on its proposal to convert a Navy base to a career college.

KVC Health Systems Inc. consultant Thomas S. Bailey will discuss the proposal at the meeting on Wednesday at a community center in Franklin.

The Navy plans to close its Sugar Grove base in Pendleton County in September. KVC wants to convert the base to a career college for young adults who emerge from foster care without a support system.

Bailey tells the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Virginia, that the college’s emphasis would be on postgraduation, on-the-job training opportunities and career placement support.

The West Virginia Division Corrections has proposed converting the base to a state prison.

The General Services Administration hasn’t made a decision on the proposals.

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