Wheeling News-Register, Weirton Daily Times – West Virginia Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman sees an increased need to care for the state’s foster children in 2024.
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When the Legislature next convenes Jan. 10, one of the bills the Ohio County Republican hopes to propose would provide reimbursement funding to a family member of the foster child who choses to take in their young relative.
“The (West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources) already provides funding to foster parents when they take a child in,” Chapman said. “A family member can be eligible, but they have to go through foster parent training.
