Clay County Listening Session: Kids, COVID-19, & the Drug Crisis
ZoomKids affected by the drug crisis have specific and acute, unmet needs. Parents, grandparents, guardians, doctors, nurses, teachers, bus drivers, camp counselors, coaches, etc.– these community members work with these children, care for them, and have important knowledge that should inform how we, as a state and communities, move forward Read more…
Clay County Listening Session: Kids, COVID-19, & the Drug Crisis
ZoomKids affected by the drug crisis have specific and acute, unmet needs. Parents, grandparents, guardians, doctors, nurses, teachers, bus drivers, camp counselors, coaches, etc.– these community members work with these children, care for them, and have important knowledge that should inform how we, as a state and communities, move forward Read more…
Lincoln County Listening Session: Kids, COVID-19 & the Drug Crisis
ZoomKids affected by the drug crisis have specific and acute, unmet needs. Parents, grandparents, guardians, doctors, nurses, teachers, bus drivers, camp counselors, coaches, etc.– these community members work with these children, care for them, and have important knowledge that should inform how we, as a state and communities, move forward Read more…
Boone County Listening Session: Kids, COVID-19 & the Drug Crisis
ZoomKids affected by the drug crisis have specific and acute, unmet needs. Parents, grandparents, guardians, doctors, nurses, teachers, bus drivers, camp counselors, coaches, etc.– these community members work with these children, care for them, and have important knowledge that should inform how we, as a state and communities, move forward Read more…
Fayette County Listening Session: Kids, COVID-19 & the Drug Crisis
ZoomKids affected by the drug crisis have specific and acute, unmet needs. Parents, grandparents, guardians, doctors, nurses, teachers, bus drivers, camp counselors, coaches, etc.– these community members work with these children, care for them, and have important knowledge that should inform how we, as a state and communities, move forward Read more…
Medicaid/CHIP 101: Keeping Every Child Healthy
FacebookMedicaid is a massive federal/state program with state-level variability and policies that can be complicated to navigate. Join Think Kids for a conversation with Jean Kranz, Executive Director of the WV CHIP, and Dr. Simon Haeder, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Penn State University’s School of Public Policy, about Read more…
Ask a Journalist! With Amelia Knisely
Join us for a FB Live chat with Amelia Knisely, reporter for Mountain State Spotlight. We'll learn a little about her time as a kid in WV, her work to date, ask questions, and pitch ideas about the kids' health issues we think the media may be missing.
Ask a Legislator! with Delegate Lisa Zukoff
FacebookJoin us for a informal, kid-focused conversation with Delegate Lisa Zukoff, representing District 4. We'll discuss the upcoming legislative session and what kids' issues the legislature might be missing. Bring your ideas and questions.
From the Ground Up: Become a Child Advocate!
Who you are, where you are, with what you have to give-- that's all the kids in West Virginia need from you. And that's all you need to give to become an amazing advocate! Some of our children face seemingly insurmountable challenges, but the compassion of loving adults in their Read more…
A Data-Driven Discussion about Child Abuse in WV
FacebookApril Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. In honor of this, Think Kids, in conjunction with the SHIELD Task Force, will host a panel discussion on advancing a data-driven approach to understanding and responding to child maltreatment in West Virginia.
Ask a Journalist! With Steven Allen Adams
FacebookJoin us for a FB Live chat with Steven Allen Adams, state government reporter for The Parkersburg News and Sentinel, The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register, The Weirton Daily Times, The Inter-Mountain in Elkins, and The Journal in Martinsburg. We'll learn a little about growing up in St. Marys, WV, what it's like Read more…
Session One: The 2021 Health and Hunger Summit Series
ZoomFood and Hunger in My Neighborhood: In this session, we’ll discuss food insecurity and resources to address it in Boone, Lincoln, and Logan Counties. It’s a “beginners” session on these issues, where we’ll define terms such as “food deserts” and explain how food pantries are funded and sustained. We’ll end Read more…