11,495 total children were served by the foster care system in FY 2022. [...] 2.8% decrease in the number of children in care between 2021-2022. [...] 957 children were staying in group homes or institutions; 13 children classified as runaways. 2% of households had a grandparent living with a grandchild. [...] Published April 2024 Health 11,000 children had no health insurance in 2022 (15.4% decrease from 2021). [...] 190,000 children were enrolled in Medicaid in 2022 (2.7% increase from 2021). [...] 34,417 children in West Virginia were in the state Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in 2021 (6.65% decrease from 2020). [...] Child Poverty 116,000 children lived with parents who lacked secure employment in 2022 (33% of all children). [...] 22% of children lived in households with a high housing cost burden. [...] Zero children <19yrs were killed by a firearm in West Virginia in 2020. [...] West Virginia’s sum of expenditures for Social Service Block Grants in 2021 was $19,780,297 West Virginia has been a Medicaid expansion state since 01/01/2014.
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