Bridge Program sees success encouraging WV kids in foster, kinship care to graduate from high school

By: Amelia Ferrell Knisely

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: June 11, 2026

Words: 994

Last Updated: 20 hours, 20 minutes ago

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Going into her junior year of high school, Raynbow Carter/Freeman described herself as “lost.” In 2023, the teenager’s mother died, then she moved in with a family member in Kanawha County.

“I didn’t have anybody at the time,” she said.

Then, her junior year of high school, things changed. She received a mentor at Nitro High School through the Bridge Program, a nonprofit support service for children in foster or kinship care.

Carter/Freeman said …

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