Welcome to our website! 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. Help us help them aspire to do great things.
We're working on a ground-up, grassroots approach to learning and collaborating with communities to ensure kids' needs are prioritized.
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.
We're working with partners across the state to encourage eligible kids/families enroll in Medicaid and CHIP.
We're covening state and community stakeholders to advocate for better data, better collaboration, and united efforts to improve adolescent mental health care.
by Amelia Ferrell Knisely This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). More than 3,000 kids Read more…
by Crystal Good, writing for the “When All Are Counted” Project Sometimes, you have to call a thing what it is. As a Black woman in West Virginia’s policy community, I’ve had a front-row seat Read more…
In physical and mental health care, and in life, nonbinary people experience more challenges, which can make them feel despondent and worthless. But despite backlash from those who want to erase them (or try and Read more…
Hi! My name is Morgan Krough. I am from Pennsville, New Jersey, a Senior at West Virginia University, and expect to graduate this spring. My major is Health Services Management and Leadership in the School Read more…
by Amelia Ferrell Knisely Some West Virginia schools are among a growing number of school districts nationwide using telehealth – or virtual therapy – to help students in the midst of a national child mental Read more…
Here’s the story: The State of West Virginia paid $10 million of Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding for a Marshall University baseball stadium, despite the cries of 29 social service organizations Read more…
