§49-9-102. Investigation of Complaints
(a) Upon receipt of a complaint filed on behalf of a foster child, foster parent, or kinship parent, on his or her own initiative or by court order within the scope of the Foster Care Ombudsman Program, the Foster Care Ombudsman shall investigate, except as provided in 49-9-102(c), any act, practice, policy, or procedure of […]
§49-6-113. Clearinghouse Advisory Council; Members, Appointments and Expenses; Appointment, Duties and Compensation of Director; Annual Reports
(a) The Clearinghouse Advisory Council is continued as a body corporate and politic, constituting a public corporation and government instrumentality. The council shall consist of 11 members who are knowledgeable about and interested in issues relating to missing or exploited children, as follows: (1) Six members to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice […]
§49-6-114. Powers and Duties of Clearinghouse Advisory Council; Comprehensive Strategic Plan Required to Be Provided to the Legislature
The council shall prepare a comprehensive strategic plan and recommendation of programs in furtherance thereof that will support efforts to prevent the abduction, runaway and exploitation, or any thereof, of children to locate missing children, advise the West Virginia State Police regarding operation of the clearinghouse and its other responsibilities under this article, and cooperate […]
§49-6-115. Public-Private Partnerships; Funding
(a) In furtherance of its mission, the clearinghouse council is authorized to enter into contracts or joint venture agreements with federal and state agencies; with nonprofit corporations organized pursuant to the corporate laws of this state or other jurisdictions that are qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and with other organizations that […]
§49-6-116. Establish a Missing Foster Child Locator Unit Program
(a) The Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources shall establish a Missing Foster Child Locator Unit within the department with a minimum staffing of a northern-based caseworker, a southern-based caseworker, and an identified worker located in the Centralized Intake Unit. (b) The duties of the Missing Foster Child Locator Unit […]
§49-7-101. Adoption of Compact
ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN. §49-7-101. Adoption of compact. The interstate compact on the placement of children is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN ARTICLE I. PURPOSE AND POLICY. It is the purpose and policy […]
§49-7-102. Definitions; Implementation
(a) Financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the provisions of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article V thereof in the first instance. However, in the event of partial or complete default of performance thereunder, section one hundred one, article two of […]
§49-7-201. Interstate Adoption Assistance Compact; Findings and Purpose
§49-7-201. Interstate adoption assistance compact; findings and purpose. (a) The Legislature finds that: (1) Finding adoptive families for children, for whom state assistance is desirable pursuant to section one hundred twelve, article four, of this chapter and assuring the protection of the interests of the children affected during the entire assistance period, require special measures […]
§49-7-202. Interstate Adoption Assistance Compacts Authorized; Definitions
(a) The Department of Health and Human Resources is authorized to develop, participate in the development of, negotiate and enter into one or more interstate compacts on behalf of this state with other states to implement one or more of the purposes set forth in sections two hundred one through two hundred four of this […]
§49-7-203. Interstate Adoption Assistance Compact; Contents of Compact
A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by sections two hundred one through two hundred four of this article shall have the following content: (1) A provision making it available to joinder by all states.