This report is the culmination of a year’s work on the project, “Addressing the Unmet Health Care Needs of Children Affected by the Drug Crisis.” This project was funded by The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, managed by Think Kids, and conducted with the help of dozens of volunteers.
The increase of parental drug misuse and abuse, impaired parenting, incarceration, extended separation from parents, overdose deaths, and introductions into the child welfare, court, and foster care systems have resulted in a children’s health crisis in our state.
Our goal was to articulate and contextualize the environment and experiences where these children are being raised in a way that would both generate a larger discourse around what can be done to help them and elevate the voices of those who, in their own communities, champion their cause.
