Lawmakers decline to fund Morrisey’s hallmark foster care idea to reduce children sent out of WV

By: Amelia Ferrell Knisely

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: March 10, 2026

Words: 852

Last Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago

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The governor’s marquee foster care proposal, a “Bring Them Home Fund” to move hundreds of West Virginia foster children back in state, was left out of lawmakers’ budget.

“There was no appetite for it,” House of Delegates Finance Chairman Vernon Criss, R-Wood, told West Virginia Watch.

About 300 foster children live out-of-state in psychiatric facilities and group homes around the country because West Virginia doesn’t have the capacity to serve them. The state …

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