Despite Gov. Patrick Morissey’s focus on improving West Virginia’s troubled foster care system, data from the state’s ...

A child in West Virginia foster care was injured while living in an Airbnb short-term rental property after the state ...

Two bills were introduced into the West Virginia House Judiciary Committee Friday morning relating to the foster care system.

West Virginia is not only placing foster children in hotels when no other beds are available, but is also used short-term ...

West Virginia has a new foster care ombudsman tasked with reviewing concerns and complaints in the state’s overburdened child ...

West Virginia’s child welfare system will be going through some changes in an effort to make improvements. One way the ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Chestnut Mountain Ranch Executive Director Steve Finn says the state can’t tackle the ongoing foster care crisis in West Virginia alone, and it’s up to the church to step in and ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Office of Inspector General has announced that Jessica Bryant will be the new director ...

A federal judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit brought by foster children in 2019 against the state that sought to mandate changes in the troubled system. West Virginia Watch is part of States Newsroom ...

A West Virginia judge ordered that a monitor be put in place to oversee state child protective services placements in hotels and camps on Friday after a 12-year-old boy in state care attempted suicide ...