Foster Care Transitioning

In the United States, over 130,000 children in foster care have mental disorders, developmental delays, or physical disabilities. The difficulties these children face is intensified by experiences of abuse or neglect, maltreatment, malnourishment, and other factors associated with the need for foster care services. A child’s time in foster care is critical for their development, making educated, quality foster homes of utmost importance.

Linked here are resources for fostering children with special needs or disabilities. Every child experiencing foster care in West Virginia and all over the country, are in dire need of stable, trauma-informed, and loving families.