June 3rd, 2025 by WCBC Radio

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey announced a series of child welfare reforms aimed at beginning a new era of transparency for the state.  The changes come following a series of listening sessions held across the state with key stakeholders and a review of past child fatalities and near fatalities within the child welfare system. Morrisey listed six aspects of the system slated to change, including case management…

   

“We’re requiring supervisors to conduct monthly reviews with their child welfare cases and work with our state office team to identify better opportunities for improvement and better ways we can train our supervisors – that’s critical.”