Charleston Gazette-Mail, Williamson Daily News – Jamie Sartin is looking for a lifeline.
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“We get 20 to 30 referrals a day — and we can’t place half of them,” said Sartin, program director at NECCO Foster Care in Charleston. “It’s heartbreaking.”
Sartin was referring Thursday to the growing crisis in West Virginia’s child welfare system. According to the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy, in 2023, there were more than 6,000 children in foster care — the highest rate per capita in the nation.
