Located in the heart of southern Appalachia, Community Connections, Inc. is a private, non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of children and families on a local, regional, and statewide level. Founded in 1990 as an outgrowth of the Governor’s Cabinet on Children and Families, the agency has continued to expand its mission for the development of community-driven initiatives that promote strong, healthy lifestyles.

Crittenton Services Inc. provides a continuum of behavioral health services for West Virginian’s with residential care for girls 12-21 and outpatient, community-based care in 28 counties. Crittenton is the only licensed residential program for pregnant and parenting girls in West Virginia.

WVU Medicine Children’s is the state’s largest group of primary care and specialty care physicians and surgeons dedicated to the care of children and adolescents. They are the only hospital in West Virginia with a pediatric cardiac surgery program and the only epilepsy monitoring unit in the state equipped to serve children.

WVU Medicine Children’s creates an environment that promotes healthy development, provides reassurance and comfort, fosters healing, and enables our young patients to maintain a primary focus on their lives as children and students rather than on their disease or impairment.

West Virginia’s Adolescent Health Initiative is a project developed and coordinated by the Infant, Child and Adolescent Division, Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health, Bureau for Public Health, Department of Health and Human Resources. They promote optimal physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and spiritual well-being for children and youth throughout West Virginia. Its mission is to support community collaborative efforts designed to develop the assets youth need to thrive and become successful across the State of West Virginia.