Including All Kids: Improving the Health Care System for Kids with Developmental Disabilities
Come talk with us about the challenges (and solutions!) to successfully navigating the health care system for kids with developmental disabilities. Panelists include: Allison Bungard: Parent Dee Lemaster: Parent Jodi Lindsey: Director of WVU Medicine Children's Hospital, Neurodevelopmental Center Shawna White: Attorney with Disability Rights of West Virginia
Grandparents raising grandkids: What do we know, how can we help?
FacebookJoin us for a conversation with three women who will help us conceptualize and understand the process grandparents go through when interacting with the child welfare, court, and foster care systems. Panelists: Andrea Darr is the Director of the West Virginia Center for Children's Justice Bonnie Dunn is the Director Read more…
Listening Session #1: Meeting the Needs of Kids After COVID
FacebookWhat should communities do to help children and teens segue back into “the new normal?” How can we ensure they have the health care and social supports they need to get back to what they do best: being a kid? This event will last for one hour. Your input will Read more…
Listening Session #2: There Should be a Pantry and Hygiene Closet in Every School
ZoomStudents often struggle with basic needs, and schools can serve as a great access point to address hunger and poverty. Come tell us what you think of this goal, and the first steps to getting there.
Listening Session #3: How can we help grandparents raising grandkids?
ZoomThanks to the drug epidemic, more grandparents have assumed increased responsibilities in raising their grandchildren. As a community, how can we help alleviate some of the responsibilities they carry and ensure their health and well-being are being cared for, too?
Listening Session #4: Advocating for a Governor’s Office for Children
The ripple effect of the opioid epidemic has affected all systems that care for kids: health care, public education, child welfare, foster care, and the court system. Could an office that oversees programs/services for affected children help break down silos? And if so, how do we advocate for it? Join Read more…
Listening Session #5: Kids need things to do
ZoomAn overwhelming theme from last year’s assessment project was this: Kids need meaningful things to do in their communities, ways to connect with one another, and cultivate relationships with caring adults. How do we take the next steps to make our communities more kid-friendly?
Policy Roundtable: Including All Kids
ZoomJoin health care providers, policymakers, community stakeholders, and parents for a conversation about the challenges to accessing comprehensive health care for kids with developmental disabilities here in West Virginia and potential policy solutions to improving the system. Panelists: Bill Albert, J.D.- Director of Legal Aid's Advocacy Project, Legal Aid of Read more…
Try These Five Things
ZoomHow can communities help address the needs of kids affected by the drug crisis? They can try these five things-- identified and prioritized by you. Help us articulate these ideas into a final report that we'll widely disseminate within our communities and with policymakers.
Try These Five Things
ZoomHow can communities help address the needs of kids affected by the drug crisis? They can try these five things-- identified and prioritized by you. Help us articulate these ideas into a final report that we'll widely disseminate within our communities and with policymakers.
Try These Five Things
ZoomHow can communities help address the needs of kids affected by the drug crisis? They can try these five things-- identified and prioritized by you. Help us articulate these ideas into a final report that we'll widely disseminate within our communities and with policymakers.
Report Release: Try These Five Things
FacebookJoin us for our report release! We'll talk about each of the five ideas and how we can work together to give kids a better sense of support and community. Bring your questions and ideas. Panelists include: Cindy Chamberlin with To the Moon and Back Andrea Darr with the WV Read more…