Save the Date - January 18, 2018
Children’s Home Society of West Virginia

How Can Our Community Help?
Children’s Home Society of West Virginia invites you to participate in a town
hall forum to discuss and develop recommendations for responses to the
following issue:
“What supports do Kinship Caregivers need to take care of WV Children?”

Let’s talk
about Kinship
Care in
West Virginia
Town Hall
Forum

Through an informative afternoon session with presenters, and group
discussion, we intend to listen to experiences, identify relevant and helpful
responses and actions, compile recommendations and plan the next steps
in supporting Kinship Caregivers throughout our state.
WV Legislators will be invited to learn and hear the issues on this topic.

January 18, 2018
1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Christ Church
United Methodist
1221 Quarrier Street
Charleston, WV 25301

November 2017 reports
have found that there are
6399 WV children in some
type of out of home care.
Of those children, 2912 or
46% are placed in Kinship
Care.
(*information gathered from WVDHHR Legislative
Foster Care Report, November 2017)

RSVP to:
Steve Tuck, CEO
PO Box 2942
1422 Kanawha Blvd East
Charleston, WV 25330
Phone: 304-346-0795
E-mail: stuck@childhswv.org
www.childhswv.org.

Serving Children and Families since 1896