Welcome to our website! We launched Think Kids in January 2020. Our mission is: Fostering ingenuity, inspiring change, and cultivating generations of healthy, happy kids. Check out our projects, events, blog posts, join our newsletter, and most of all– get involved! All of West Virginia’s kids deserve a safe and happy childhood. We want them to aspire to do great things and know that Think Kids is here to help them every step of the way.
We're working on a ground-up, grassroots approach to learning and collaborating with communities to ensure kids' needs are prioritized.
We're assessing and raising awareness of ways we can improve the navigational paths families travel to finding comprehensive care.
We're collaborating with stakeholders from both system to study and recommend policy solutions to bridging these systems, for the health of all West Virginians.
How are county school systems around our state providing safe, supportive school for their most vulnerable students? We're working to find out.
We're part of a team that seeks to elevate community voices and make the priorities of communities the primary goal of local health system transformation efforts.
The West Virginia Poison Center is reporting an increase in intentional self-poisoning among adolescents, particularly among 15-year-olds— an upward trend that has been largely uninterrupted for over seven years, despite a nearly six percent drop in the Read more…
Last week, I received a text from a friend asking me to keep an eye out at stores for baby formula. I don’t have children, but their daughter – a 6-month-old whom I adore – Read more…
Last week, we announced that Think Kids and the West Virginia Prevention Research Center (WVPRC) were awarded a two-year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in support of a research collaboration to assess how Read more…
I was a talkative kid growing up. Teachers moved me a lot. They sent notes home in report cards. In middle school, I remember telling a long-winded story at the dinner table, and my dad Read more…
by Erin Beck As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, West Virginians have reported a drastic increase in cases of child sexual abuse involving the Internet. West Virginians reported about 450 more cases of online child sexual Read more…
Hello, This is Owomide Adeyemi; I am back again my the third and final installment of the TGKVF project. Last year the project I worked on was “Where Do the Kids Go?” which focused on Read more…
Hello, My name is Ana Lucia Villabona. I am from Camden, DE. I am a lieutenant for Rehoboth Beach Patrol in Rehoboth Beach, DE. I love the ocean and enjoy reading and working out in Read more…
There’s a fresh energy to new beginnings. We still feel that energy here at Think Kids as we kick off our third year in operation. And while it hasn’t been a smooth ride— launching a Read more…
by Erin Beck, Kids’ Health Coordinator In a series of recent posts on the child mental health crisis in West Virginia, I wrote about how children in West Virginia are ending up in crises in Read more…