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\n CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) \u2014 The first ombudsman of West Virginia\u2019s heavily burdened foster care system has resigned. Pamela Woodman-Kaehler\u2019s resignation will take effect June 6, the state Department of Health announced in a statement. Woodman-Kaehler said she was \u201cchoosing to pursue a new opportunity,\u201d but did not provide more details. Woodman-Kaehler said the ombudsman\u2019s program is \u201cexceptionally well positioned to serve West Virginia\u2019s foster care system. Elizabeth Hardy, deputy director of the foster care ombudsman\u2019s office, will serve as acting director after Woodman-Kaehler\u2019s departure. The ombudsman position was created by the state Legislature in 2019 to help investigate complaints and collect data about the state\u2019s foster care system. Largely overwhelmed by the opioid epidemic in a state with the most overdose deaths per capita, West Virginia also has the highest rate of children in foster care \u2014 currently more than 6,000 in a state of around 1.8 million. <\/p>\n
The state is facing a massive ongoing class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of foster care children in 2019. The suit alleged that children\u2019s needs were going unmet because of a shortage of case workers, an over-reliance on institutionalization and a lack of mental health support. <\/p>\n
In 2023, state lawmakers passed a law expanding and specifying the foster care ombudsman\u2019s duties because they were concerned about her ability to independently investigate deaths, abuse and neglect involving children and the juvenile justice system.<\/p>\n
In 2024, lawmakers voted to make the Office of Inspector General \u2014 which houses the foster care ombudsman \u2014 an independent agency. It was tasked with working to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse from both within and outside the Department of Health, Department of Human Services, and Department of Health Facilities. Until this year, the three departments were formerly all under the umbrella agency Department of Health and Human Resources. <\/p>\n
During a news conference Wednesday, Gov. Jim Justice dismissed a question from a reporter asking whether Woodman-Kaehler was leaving because of a problem with the office. \u201cShe got a better job, guys. I mean, that\u2019s all there is to it,\u201d he said. \u201cI mean, this business of attacking people and everything and, you know, just, you know, digging into everything, coming and going. I mean, if she\u2019s telling us she got a better job, why don\u2019t we celebrate that?\u201dJustice said Woodman-Kaehler did an \u201cincredible job\u201d in the post. Ann Urling, interim inspector general for the departments of health, human services and health facilities, said in a statement that \u201cthe state appreciates her work and her passion for serving the children of this state.\u201d\u201cWe wish her well in all of her future endeavors,\u201d Urling said. Woodman-Kaehler had been a child protective services worker in Harrison County and was the state coordinator for a federally mandated review panel of the state\u2019s Bureau of Children and Families. At the time she became foster care ombudsman, she was also a certified foster parent and had also trained people to become foster parents.<\/p>\n
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