Contact Your Healthy Grandfamilies County Coalition Coordinator
Dr. Donald Reed | McDowell County Commission on Aging | donald@mcdowellcoa.org | (304) 436-6588
Rebecca Brown | Children’s Home Society | rbrown@childhswv.org
McDowell County is a Qualified Family Engagement County
The WVSU Healthy Grandfamilies Program provides support, training, and resources to grandparents raising grandchildren to help them make decisions regarding educational choices that impact student learning and achievement.
The following schools are identified as West Virginia Family Engagement Center sites:
- Welch Elementary School
- Southside K-8 School
- Sandy River Middle School
- River View High School
- Mount View High School
Resources for McDowell County:
- McDowell County Resource Directory from McDowell County F.A.C.E.S (Families, Agencies, Children Enhancing Services)
- A Guide to Navigating Resources and Benefits for Relative/Kinship Caregivers in West Virginia
