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DHHR Awarded Grant to Support Early Childhood Services

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), Bureau for Family Assistance (BFA), Division of Early Care and Education was awarded $2.6 million by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support early childhood services for children from birth to age five.   The Preschool Development Birth through Five grant focuses on Read More…

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DHHR Transitions Child Welfare Information System to West Virginia People’s Access to Help (WV PATH)

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) this weekend began transitioning its social services/child welfare system from the Families and Children Tracking System (FACTS) to the West Virginia People’s Access to Help (WV PATH). DHHR staff will now use this system to assist DHHR clients. “WV PATH provides a comprehensive child welfare Read More…

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WVDHHR Issued an Overdose Alert for 23 Counties in WV

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources has sent out an overdose alert for 23 of the state’s counties. While Calhoun County is not among them, Neighboring counties are which could make place our county at risk as well. The DHHR posted the following on its Facebook page, “Based on predictive models of Read More…

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WV WIC Announces Increase in Cash-Value Benefits

West Virginia’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WV WIC), within the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources’ Bureau for Public Health, announced a monthly increase in Cash-Value Benefits (CVB) for WV WIC participants. The increase is funded to states by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Read More…

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New Children’s Crisis Center to Provide a Safe Alternative in West Virginia

9/6/2022 Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) announced today that DHHR will build a new Children’s Crisis Center in Elkins, West Virginia that will offer a safe alternative from the use of hospital emergency departments and hotel rooms to address the needs of children who may be Read More…

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MANCHIN, CAPITO ANNOUNCE RESOURCES TO TRANSITION NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $561,131 for West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources’ (DHHR) Bureau for Behavioral Health (BBH). This funding, which is through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Read More…

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West Virginia Overdose Deaths Trending Downward

WV Department of Health and Human Resources Press Release 3/2/2022 The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources’ Office of Drug Control Policy (ODCP) has reported an improvement in the number of monthly overdose deaths from April 2021 through September 2021. This downward trend aligns with provisional data released by the U.S. Centers for Read More…

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COVID-19 Update for Calhoun

2/2/2022 The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of February 2, 2022, there are currently 11,491 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 36 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 5,814 deaths attributed to COVID-19. DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 78-year old female from Read More…