A decade after a federal investigation found West Virginia unnecessarily institutionalizes foster kids, a Mountain State Spotlight investigation has found the state’s most vulnerable kids are still being left behind.

About 400,000 children across the U.S. are growing up inside the foster care system, overseen by government employees who are overworked, and agencies that are historically underfunded. When the opioid epidemic hit, foster care systems saw a massive increase in the number of kids in their care. West Virginia has […]