Across the nation, more than 390,000 children rely on foster care. However, a shortage of licensed foster homes is creating a national crisis. While official foster care cases are carefully tracked, many informal examples of kinship care aren’t part of the data. For this Us & Them episode, we hear the experiences of those who’ve been part of the foster care system.

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WVPB News Oct. 30, 2017

Opioid Emergency: How Trump’s Plan Will -- And Won’t -- Help The Ohio Valley

As bad as the opioid epidemic is across the nation, it is even worse here in the Ohio Valley.Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia collectively have a rate of…

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WVPB News Oct. 26, 2017

Trumps Cite Ohio Valley Experience In Opioid Emergency Plan

President Donald Trump outlined on Thursday his long-awaited plan to address the opioid crisis as a national public health emergency. Part of that plan…

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WVPB News Oct. 25, 2017

Little Regional Coordination As Trump Unveils Delayed Opioid Emergency Plan

Many lawmakers from the Ohio Valley region say they’ll be at the White House Thursday as President Donald Trump is expected to unveil a long-awaited…

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WVPB News Associated Press, Oct. 10, 2017

Melania Trump Tours West Virginia Infant Drug Rehab Center

First lady Melania Trump has toured a West Virginia drug addiction recovery center for infants in the heart of the nation's opioid epidemic.Trump visited…

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WVPB News Associated Press, Oct. 10, 2017

Melania Trump to Visit Lilly's Place in Huntington

First Lady Melania Trump is coming to West Virginia to visit a drug treatment facility for infants born to addicted mothers.West Virginia Congressman Evan…

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