As West Virginia’s foster care system struggles to hire and retain workers amid low pay and overwhelming caseloads, it stresses foster families and keeps kids from getting the attention they need.

An analysis by Mountain State Spotlight found foster kids with disabilities were being sent to group care at a rate three ...

West Virginia officials want abused kids placed with relatives. But for kids to recover, families need more help with the ...

Read an investigation based on interviews with former foster kids and employees of the system and a first-of-its-kind ...

Foster kids trying to reform West Virginia’s troubled child welfare system will have to wait another two months for their day ...

Gov. Patrick Morrisey wants to keep cutting taxes while addressing a budget hole. He doesn’t plan to dip into the state’s emergency funds either. That leaves cuts to essential services.