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West Virginia Foster Care

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Foster Care Basic Requirements :

  • Foster families must have a stable and secure income.
  • Married couples, as well as single people, may be reviewed as potential parents.
  • Foster/adoptive parents must be 21 years of age or older.
  • Families can either rent or own their home.
  • Families must pass a health/fire/safety inspection of their home.
  • Families may not have had criminal involvement. Everyone in the home over age 18 will be fingerprinted for a criminal investigation background check.

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