West Virginia state officials are looking to contract out the state’s foster care and adoption system, according to officials with the state...

Work is underway to give foster families and relatives taking care of the about 7,000 kids in state custody a way to file complaints about t...

The West Virginia fire marshal's office says investigators believe a fire that killed four children was probably accidental. The fire...

Officials are continuing to investigate a house fire that took the lives of four foster children in Clay County. More >>  Officials ...

A mother is suing the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS), its Secretary Bill Crouch, Lori Williams, Jenifer Pigott...

A new federal law will soon allow the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources to take more action to prevent a child's si...

 West Virginia lawmakers weighed in with disbelief, frustration and even outrage after our WSAZ Investigation: "Unprotective Services,...

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) Secretary Bill Crouch told state lawmakers Monday that federal legislation wil...

At Necco, the search for foster parents is never-ending. "We need triple the amount of foster families," said Zeke Davis, progra...

A foster dad is in jail, accused of sexually abusing two young girls in his care. Dillard Duane Henline Jr., 50, of Barboursville, is char...

A Kanawha County Child Protective Services worker, who has been charged in a separate case involving a missing teenager, was arrested ag...

A suspended West Virginia Child Protective Services worker was re-arrested late Monday night, state police say. More >>  Trooper...

A McDowell County family is claiming a state employee retaliated against them in a custody matter after a relative criticized the employee’s...

Not only is the head of West Virginia's Department of Health and Human Resources bracing for a federal lawsuit over the state's hand...

Not only is the head of West Virginia’s Department of Health and Human Resources bracing for a federal lawsuit over the state’s handling of ...

The federal government may soon file a lawsuit against West Virginia over its foster care crisis brought on by the opioid epidemic, accordin...

In a decision that appears to further punish children who have already been abused, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a child canno...

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A Kanawha County Circuit judge “committed clear legal error” by authorizing a mother to have unsupervised visitation with her infant child d...

As heroin pushes its way into families across the county, more and more children are filling the foster care system, eager to go home to the...