Residential Child Care Licensing
The Residential Child Care Licensing unit will help simplify and enforce the Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Human Services' duties to license and monitor child group residential facilities and child placing agencies to assure children are receiving the best care possible as outlined in the West Virginia Code §49-2-121.
If you are looking for a residential placement for a child, please visit the West Virginia Child Placement Network. <---who hosts this site?
If you would like to learn more about the West Virginia Children's Home click here.
If you are interested in operating a residential placement or child placing agency for a child, please see the following forms in the Policy section under Provider Forms: <---needs page/relinked.
Residential Child Care and Child Placing Agency Licensing Forms - click here for the following Provider Forms
- Residential Child Care and Child Placing Agency Waiver
- Residential Child Care and Child Placing Agency License Application
- Licensing Application Attachments
- Licensing Process for New Providers
- AFS Monthly Report-Child Placing
- AFS Monthly Report Directions-Child Placing
- AFS Runaway Event Survey-Child Placing
- AFS Monthly Report-Residential
- AFS Monthly Report Directions-Residential
- AFS Runaway Event Survey-Residential
Useful Links
- National Association for Regulatory Administrators
- Bureau for Medical Services <--- needs page/relinked
- Office of Health Facilities Licensure and Certification <---who hosts this?
- Environmental Health Services <---who hosts this?
- Health Care Authority
- State Fire Marshall
- Residential Child Care Facilities Regulations <--- needs page/relinked
- Rules Residential Child Placing <--- needs page/relinked
