I’m a foster parent. Here’s what West Virginia’s foster children lose when schools close.

By: Abigail Jeffries

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: June 30, 2026

Words: 629

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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My brother spent part of his teenage years in foster care. It wasn’t a simple situation, but he landed with a placement where someone genuinely cared about him. That person helped him refocus at a time when the path in front of him could have gone very differently. I’ve thought about him a lot lately, as I’ve watched West Virginia close the very institutions that can do for other foster children what that placement did …

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