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Mentor 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.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCharleston Drug Summit Aims To Connect Families To Resources
More than a dozen organizations are partnering to hold a summit for West Virginians affected by Substance Use Disorder to connect and share information.
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Statewide Campaign Doubles Number Of Prospective Foster Parents
There were 6,126 West Virginia children and teens in the state’s custody as of mid-June, according to the Department of Human Services (DoHS) child welfare dashboard. That’s why DoHS, in conjunction with foster care agencies across the state and Aetna Better Health West Virginia, launched a four-month drive to find more foster homes.
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.
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