General Info

The West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources offers behavioral health, child support, medical, public health and family assistance services. It administers a variety of programs, such as the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Initiative, Early Childhood Health Project, Tobacco Prevention, Medicaid, and WV Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program. The West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources is a member of the American Public Human Services Association, National Association of Social Workers, WV Public Health Association and WV Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. It operates various day care and child care centers that provide numerous training and educational classes. The West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources also offers several online resources, including birth and death certificate ordering, applications for child support services, information on the adoption of children and immunization registries.