Voluntary Resolution Agreement Between HHS OCR & The West Virginia DHHR Bureau For Children & Families

The document was released on May 13, 2020. It is an agreement between the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR). OCR had received a complaint from a potential kinship caregiver who was rejected by the DHHR Bureau for Children and Families (BCF) because the caregiver, although otherwise acceptable, was receiving medication assisted treatment for addiction recovery. OCR investigated the state's policies and determined that it had significant deficiencies in compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The state agreed . . .