The Division of Early Care & Education, within the WV Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Children and Families, offers a variety of services designed to improve the affordability, availability and quality of childcare services using Child Care and Development Funds. The Division regulates and supports early childhood development programs for children up to age 13 by assuring they are cared for in a safe environment that promotes the healthy physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth of the child during a portion of the day while parents work or attend training, or when they are unable, for other reasons, to provide care for their children.