I live in Charleston, West Virginia, was born and raised in the Southern Coalfields, and am an assistant prosecuting attorney in Fayette County. Each year, there are between 6-7 thousand children in foster care or in relative placements through the child welfare system. These numbers do not reflect the situation here-where grandparents s…
I live in Charleston, West Virginia, was born and raised in the Southern Coalfields, and am an assistant prosecuting attorney in Fayette County. Each year, there are between 6-7 thousand children in foster care or in relative placements through the child welfare system. These numbers do not reflect the situation here-where grandparents step in before child protective services acts. Almost 95% of the crime in my county is also drug related. West Virginia is a beautiful, complicated place that is frequently the butt of jokes and her people unkindly stereotyped. Thank you for showing that most people in this situation (it’s happening everywhere in America) not only deserve our help and compassion, but also ways to economically progress and have opportunity.
I live in Charleston, West Virginia, was born and raised in the Southern Coalfields, and am an assistant prosecuting attorney in Fayette County. Each year, there are between 6-7 thousand children in foster care or in relative placements through the child welfare system. These numbers do not reflect the situation here-where grandparents step in before child protective services acts. Almost 95% of the crime in my county is also drug related. West Virginia is a beautiful, complicated place that is frequently the butt of jokes and her people unkindly stereotyped. Thank you for showing that most people in this situation (it’s happening everywhere in America) not only deserve our help and compassion, but also ways to economically progress and have opportunity.