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flag 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.

flag Former DHHR deputy secretary Jeremiah Samples testified that West Virginia's Child Protective Services (CPS) needs more transparency to improve the troubled agency. flag Samples was fired in 2022 due to policy disagreements. flag The class action lawsuit, filed in 2019, alleges foster children in the state's foster care system are often housed in inadequate facilities. flag 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.

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