Child welfare bills advancing; WV Senate Democrats want $20M for foster care instead of tax cut

By: Amelia Ferrell Knisely

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: January 21, 2026

Words: 1,058

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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A number of bills aimed at improving the state’s foster care crisis are advancing in the House and Senate, including a measure that seeks to improve the preventative services to keep more children from coming into the overwhelmed system.

“I think we just gotta break this cycle. We can’t continue to have thousands and thousands of kids being raised by the state of West Virginia,” Mark Drennan, vice president for the National Youth Advocate …

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