7,265
As of May 2020, there are 7,265 children in foster care in West Virginia.
Source: West Virginia KVC
5,081
On average, 5,081 children enter foster care in West Virginia each year.
Source: Kids Count Data Center
60%
60% of children in foster care in West Virginia will wait 12 to 35 months to be adopted.
Source: Kids Count Data Center
Kids Helping Kids
Our Comfort Cases Junior Ambassador, Miss 2020 West Virginia 6th Grade Elementary School America Aryonna Martin and Miss Pre-Teen Eastern Panhandle United States Cheyenne Buhrts delivering hundreds of Comfort Cases to The Children’s Home Society in Charleston, West Virginia.
In 2015 there were 4,857 child victims of abuse and neglect in West Virginia
Source: CLWA, 2017
Comfort Cases have been distributed to the following counties in West Virginia
Berkeley
Boone
Cabell
Calhoun
Clay
Fayette
Grant
Hardy
Harrison
Huntington
Jackson
Kanawha
Lincoln
Logan
Marshall
Mason
McDowell
Mercer
Mineral
Mingo
Nicholas
Ohio
Pleasants
Raleigh
Roane
Upshur
Wayne
Wood