West Virginia Childcare Centers United

West Virginia Childcare Centers United West Virginia Childcare Centers United Nonprofit Childcare Providers Organization

We are a nonprofit childcare providers organization created to act as the "voice" for children, their families, and early care and education professionals and advocates across the state of West Virginia.

02/20/2026

WVU Tech student Michal Murphy hangs out with toddlers for an internship at the Marvel Center in Rupert Wednesday. Photo by Jenny Harnish. By Jenny

02/20/2026

🌟Legislative Update🌟

Last week during a committee meeting HB 4067 updated to include three other bills. HB 4067 is an important measure for child care that now includes:
✔️Ensuring that subsidy payments be made based on a child’s enrollment rather than attendance
✔️Ensuring that “day” means a child has attended a child care program for 4 hours or an afterschool program for 2.5 hours
✔️Ensuring that employees of child care programs working 32 or more hours a week are automatically eligible for child care subsidy regardless of family income
✔️Ensuring that a cost of care model is used to determine subsidy payments

Public comments are open on HB 4067 and your voice is much needed! Please share this important update!
https://bills.wvlegislature.gov/public-comment/?bill=4067&billtype=HB&abbrev=FIN&comid=3817&yr=2026&pubcom=YES&session=RS

02/18/2026

We need your help!!!

Submit public comments on the House budget bill, HB 4027, and encourage lawmakers to prioritize funding for child care.

West Virginia hasn’t increased dedicated funding for child care in years. Funding has actually decreased by $8 million over the last 10 years.

Meanwhile, families are struggling to find child care, child care providers are closing their doors, and employers can’t find workers. This is not sustainable. Please take a few minutes today to make your voice heard.

Submit comments on HB 4027 here:
https://bills.wvlegislature.gov/public-comment/?bill=4027&billtype=HB&abbrev=FIN&comid=3817&yr=2026&pubcom=YES&session=RS

02/09/2026

The decrease in child care programs over the last 2 years, specifically family child care programs, is hitting working families hard. When programs close, parents miss work, cut hours, or leave jobs altogether because they don’t have safe, reliable care. That doesn’t just hurt families, it impacts businesses and our entire economy.

Child care is the workforce behind the workforce. When we lose programs, we all feel it.

02/04/2026

Playmates will resurrect its teen center in a new building to be constructed in the Westmoreland neighborhood of Huntington.

Read more at the link in the comments:

01/25/2026

We’re excited to be hosting Child Care Day at the Legislature on February 2 and everyone is invited. Parents, child care providers, advocates, and community partners. This day is for all of us who care about the future of child care in our beautiful state. Bring children with you! Seeing young chi...

10/06/2025

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WBOY) — After years of advocating for better pay standards, childcare providers were recently hit with another bump in the road that could leave West Virginia families without af…

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