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WV Legislative Interims: Foster care ombudsman, correctional inmate grievances discussed

By Matt Young, West Virginia Press Association

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Government Organization, on Monday, heard presentations on both the scope of the state’s Foster Care Ombudsman, as well as the grievance procedure for inmates housed within the state’s correctional facilities. 

 First to present was West Virginia’s current Foster Care Ombudsman, Pamela Woodsman, who began by providing a brief explanation of her duties. 

“[The Ombudsman is] an independent,…

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