西弗吉尼亚州重开Barboursville学校作儿童住宿治疗点：容36名儿童、寄养儿童遗属福利2027年起归本人
西弗吉尼亚州州长 Patrick Morrisey 11月12日在 Cabell 县 Barboursville 宣布，州政府与 Youth Health Associates 签订 5 年租约，把曾服务儿童近 40 年的原 Barboursville 学校重开为儿童住宿治疗设施，作为其 A Home for Every Child（让每个孩子有家）计划的全州复制样板。
该设施满员可收住 36 名儿童，创造约 50 至 60 个岗位，预计 2027 年初开始收住、3 月底前多数床位住满。州长办公室称，西弗吉尼亚州送往州外住宿治疗的儿童已由今年年初的约 400 人降至 11 月初的 372 人，新设施将帮助更多儿童在本州接受治疗。
同场宣布的还有一项福利新政：自 2027 年1月1日起，西弗吉尼亚州将停止把寄养儿童的社会安全遗属福利抵作州寄养费用。目前约 42 名寄养儿童每年领取约 40.27 万美元遗属福利，新政后这笔钱将全数保留给儿童本人。（来源：西弗吉尼亚州州长办公室）
West Virginia Reopens Barboursville School as Children's Residential Treatment Site for 36; Foster Youth Survivor Benefits Preserved From 2027
West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey announced in Barboursville, Cabell County, on November 12 that the state has signed a five-year lease with Youth Health Associates to reopen the former Barboursville School, which served children for nearly 40 years, as a residential treatment facility and a statewide model for his A Home for Every Child initiative.
At full capacity the facility will accommodate up to 36 children and create approximately 50 to 60 jobs, with admissions expected to begin in early 2027 and most beds filled by the end of March. The governor's office said the number of West Virginia children placed in out-of-state residential treatment has fallen from about 400 at the start of the year to 372 in early November, and the new facility will help more children receive care in-state.
Morrisey also announced that beginning January 1, 2027, West Virginia will end its longstanding practice of applying Social Security survivor benefits belonging to children in foster care toward the state's foster care costs. About 42 foster children currently receive roughly $402,700 a year in such benefits, which will instead be preserved for the children themselves. (Source: Office of the Governor of West Virginia)
来源：西弗吉尼亚州州长办公室
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