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Contacts

Chafee Program Manager
Christina Bertelli
phone: (866) 720-3605
email: cbertelli@wvdhhr.org
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Children and Families Website

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Additional Resources

Websites of interest:

West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources Bureau for Children and Families Page

National Child Welfare Resource Center for Youth Development's West Virginia State Facts Page

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Higher Education

Education Training Vouchers
You may be eligible for funding of up to $5000 per year while you are in college or a vocational or technical training program!
You may qualify if:

1. You are 18, 19 or 20 years old.

2. You are in foster care or you were in foster care as a teenager and you are a US citizen or qualified non-citizen

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Statistics

There are 4,331 children in foster care in the state of West Virginia.


Who are West Virginia's children waiting in the foster care system?

4,331 children in foster care
45.8% of foster children are between ages of 0 and 5
29.7% of foster children are between ages of 6 and 12

Independent Living

Christina Bertelli,
West Virginia Bureau for Children and Families
Chafee Program Manager
350 Capitol Street Room 691
Charleston, WV 25301-3704
phone: (866) 720-3605
FAX: (304) 558-4563
email: cbertelli@wvdhhr.org

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