These welcoming places are designed to offer specific services in line with the needs of the community it serves, such as parent education classes, child development activities, parent-to-parent support groups, after school and academic enrichment, and referrals to other programs, activities, and local services. Tangible items such as food, clothing, and baby items are often available for families in need. All services are free of charge.

S.T.E.P. is a no-cost after-school program for 7th graders in Berkeley County attending North and South Middle School.

As a certified foster/adoptive family through the Children’s Home Society of West Virginia, you have the option to be considered by birth parents for placement of a newborn child.

The largest number of adoptions completed each year are foster parents adopting their foster children who cannot return home.

Are you pregnant and unsure if you are ready to be a parent? The Children's Home Society of West Virginia can help.

Since 2016, the WVSU Extension Service has partnered with the WVSU Department of Social Work to offer the Healthy Grandfamilies project to 125 grandparents in the Greater Kanawha Valley.

As many as 22,000 children in West Virginia live with a relative instead of their parents due to the impact of the opioid crisis and other unforeseen issues.

Services include individual therapy with children and families, group therapy, case consultation, training and education services, and crisis support services for elementary and middle school students.

Services include clinical evaluation, treatment planning, supportive individual counseling, individual/family therapy, crisis intervention, and targeted case management.

We operate eight shelters that provide short-term and emergency care for youth in crisis.

We offer foster care and adoption services statewide, with the goal of finding every child who comes through our doors a secure, loving, and permanent home.

We help high-risk birth mothers and infants meet their medical, economic, and social needs by offering home visitation services with a highly qualified Designated Care Coordinator.

WV Birth to Three is a statewide system of services and support for families with children under age three who have a delay in their development or may be at risk of having a delay.

The Safe Haven Child Advocacy Center (CAC) uses a sensitive, collaborative, and child-focused approach to respond to issues of child abuse.

With the support of local county court systems, we provide parenting education services to parents involved in divorce in McDowell, Mercer, and Wyoming Counties.

The goal of Child and Family Services is to enhance, strengthen, and improve family-functioning while ensuring the well-being of children.

Our Resource Centers play an important role in our efforts to help families in their own communities across the state.

WECAN is a volunteer program that recruits and trains volunteers and mentors.

Our Youth Services program offers essential support to children and youth whose behavioral problems put them at risk of involvement with the Juvenile Justice and/or child welfare systems

This program assists parents of children from prenatal to kindergarten obtain age-appropriate health and development information and support, enabling parents to play a more active role in their child’s language, intellectual, social, and motor skills development.

These programs assist homeless youth and youth who have aged out of the foster care system. Youth are supported in locating housing, education, and employment support, as well as life skills education.

Our Play Therapy services offer opportunities for children to explore, learn, heal, and gain confidence in a safe and comfortable environment.

These wrap-around services are designed to prevent youth from being removed from their homes and placed in out-of-home care.