West Virginia Governor's Cabinet on Children and Families
Welcome to the website of The West Virginia Governor's
Cabinet on Children and Families!
The Governor’s Cabinet on Children and Families is state government’s connection to families and communities. The Cabinet helps to bring state and local groups together to promote the well-being of West Virginia’s citizens.
About the Cabinet
The Governor’s Cabinet on Children and Families is state government’s connection to families and communities. The Cabinet helps to bring state and local groups together to promote the well-being of West Virginia’s citizens.
The Governor's Cabinet on Children and Families includes the Secretary of Health and Human Resources or a designee; the Secretary of Military Affairs and Public Safety or a designee; the Secretary of Administration or a designee; the State Superintendent of Schools or a designee; the Attorney General or a designee; a member of the Senate, a member of the House of Delegates and three members of the Governor's Citizens Advisory Council.
The work of the Cabinet is carried out by teams comprised of Cabinet members, members of the Governor's Citizens Advisory Council and staff of state agencies facilitated by Cabinet staff. The office is directly connected to the Office of the Governor through a designated liason.
The Governor’s Citizens Advisory Council connects children, families and communities to state government providing a forum for their voices to be heard. The Council is authorized by law to advise the Governor and policymakers on the best ways to support families and help them reach their potential. It develops concrete ways to make sure that state government works well for children and families and that money is spent wisely.
Members of the Council live in communities across West Virginia. They connect with families on a day-to-day basis through personal relationships, neighborhood gatherings, service on nonprofit boards, activities in faith-based organizations, work in the business community, and professions such as medicine and law.
These connections help Council members develop a plan that links communities and government and creates effective solutions. The plan is presented to the Governor’s Cabinet on Children and Families, a group of leaders in government who work together with the Governor to make the plan a reality.
When West Virginia’s children, families and communities do well, our state will prosper. The Governor’s Citizen’s Advisory Council envisions a successful future that will come as a result of making children and families West Virginia’s number one priority.