2019 class action lawsuit alleges foster children in West Virginia's foster care system are housed in inadequate facilities; former DHHR deputy secretary Jeremiah Samples testifies for more CPS transparency.

Former DHHR deputy secretary Jeremiah Samples testified that West Virginia's Child Protective Services (CPS) needs more transparency to improve the troubled agency. Samples was fired in 2022 due to policy disagreements. The class action lawsuit, filed in 2019, alleges foster children in the state's foster care system are often housed in inadequate facilities. Additionally, the ombudsman for West Virginia's overloaded foster care system, Pamela Woodman-Kaehler, resigned, raising concerns about autonomy in performing the work without undue interference.

May 28, 2024
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