The West Virginia Juvenile Justice Commission’s Findings Of Fact & Recommendations Relating To DHHR’s Proposed Contract Changes For The Placement Of West Virginia Youth

On July 29, 2016, the West Virginia Juvenile Justice Commission released this report summarizing testimony presented at a public forum held on July 27 about the state Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) changes to its contracts with organizations providing youth shelters and residential psychiatric care for children involved with the child welfare or juvenile justice systems. DHHR seeks to unbundle the residential daily rate, and make other changes intended to result in an overall reduction to the state's reliance on residential services. The Commission critiqued DHHR's procedures for implementing the contract changes, and issued recommendations for . . .