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Author Archives: Molly Born, The GroundTruth Project

Molly Born is a freelance journalist and multimedia producer based in Charleston. She is the Appalachia correspondent for Southerly, an online magazine focusing on justice, equality, and culture in the American South, and co-producer, researcher, and sound recordist on a forthcoming experimental documentary film about coal and its future in the region. In 2018, she was named an inaugural Report for America fellow, covering issues in the southern coalfields of West Virginia for West Virginia Public Broadcasting. She was named a finalist for the Livingston Award for her work on a joint project about water quality and access problems in Central Appalachia.

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West Virginia knows how to keep kids out of foster care. But funding for key programs has been in short supply.

Avatar photo by Molly Born, The GroundTruth Project and Amelia Ferrell Knisely September 23rd, 2021September 23rd, 2021

Prevention programs have succeeded in the past. But often, too little money means programs get cut, or aren’t available everywhere.

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Foster kids need families to live with and state social workers to check on them. West Virginia doesn’t have enough of either.

Avatar photo by Molly Born, The GroundTruth Project and Amelia Ferrell Knisely September 22nd, 2021September 23rd, 2021
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West Virginia’s reliance on out-of-state group homes leaves some foster kids in unsafe, abusive situations

Avatar photo by Amelia Ferrell Knisely and Molly Born, The GroundTruth Project September 21st, 2021September 22nd, 2021

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