 The State Department of Health Services is reporting that for the first time since 2017, there are fewer than 6,000 children in state custody. The high point was in 2020 during COVID and the opioid crisis, where there were nearly 7,500 West Virginia kids under the care of the state because of problems caused by adults in their lives. Governor Jim Justice says they have not ignored the problem. We worked it really hard. Can we do a whole lot more? Of course we can. Do we need to do a whole lot more? Of