Thanks to Mountain Line Bus service Times are tough. Family budgets are strained, wages are not competitive and not all jobs appeal to the masses. A couple […]
Tag: foster care
Bill to expand powers of foster care ombudsman advances
Senators are advancing a bill that would expand the powers of West Virginia’s foster care ombudsman. House Bill 3061 was advanced by the Senate Health Committee on […]
Jan. 22 letters to the editor
Thanks for making MLK Day event a success On behalf of the Community Coalition for Social Justice, I want to thank everyone who made our 17th Annual […]
Forgiving student debt will help W.Va.
President Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan (should it be implemented) strikes a valiant compromise between those who preach fiscal responsibility and those who’d like to see […]
DHHR unveils child welfare dashboard to track foster care placements, CPS staffing and more
MORGANTOWN – The Department of Health and Human Resources unveiled its new child welfare dashboard on Wednesday, and some local legislators and candidates are pleased with the […]
Chestnut Mountain Ranch wants to launch new initiatives in foster care
Austin, a 15-year-old from somewhere in West Virginia, didn’t know he was giving a testimonial for Chestnut Mountain Ranch last fall. The ranch is a 225-acre expanse, […]
Pro-life? Get ready to prove it
There’s a sort of … irony? … bittersweetness? … to talking about the almost certain death of Roe v. Wade on Mother’s Day. In part because the […]
Legislative Democrats urge governor to put foster care, broadband, insulin, gas tax bills on special session call
MORGANTOWN – The Legislature was set to go into a special session on Monday to take up 17 bills; but Senate and House Democrats held separate press […]
A challenge for the new year
by Kathryn Jean Lopez “Be my Mommy!” the banner in the CVS window read, part of a display of surplus Baby Emma dolls. It was the fifth […]
CASA for Kids provides caring guidance for abused, neglected kids in the foster system
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia had 6,796 children in foster care in November. According to various sources, the state had 5,235 child abuse and neglect cases in 2020, […]
