West Virginia Launches Informational Online Chat For Parents & Caregivers Seeking Child Mental Health Services
On October 11, 2022, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) launched weekly online on-demand chat sessions through the Kids Thrive Collaborative to help parents and caregivers access mental health support for their children. The online sessions are called “Resource Rundown.” The Kids Thrive Collaborative is part of an ongoing effort by DHHR to involve its bureaus, community partners and stakeholders to help ensure home and community-based services are available and accessible statewide to reduce the risk of out-of-home placement in institutional or other settings.
Through the fall of 2022, DHHR staff will . . .