MORGANTOWN — In the current Monongalia County Commission budget, roughly $1.1 million of the $43.6 million spending plan is allocated to social services. That number doesn’t include […]
Tag: Hazel's House of Hope
Shelter director estimates $150,000 needed to boost capacity
MORGANTOWN — Jessica Thompson, shelter director for Catholic Charities’ Grace Shelter in Hazel’s House of Hope, estimates the shelter likely turns away an average of 20 individuals […]
Grace Shelter capacity cut as camping ban approaches
MORGANTOWN — Jessica Thompson, shelter director for Catholic Charities’ Grace Shelter in Hazel’s House of Hope, has confirmed that the shelter’s capacity has recently been reduced from […]
Project Rainbow to take on daytime shelter staffing
MORGANTOWN — While the Catholic Charities’ emergency overnight warming shelter at Hazel’s House of Hope has been open every night since Dec. 11, the question of where […]
Mountain Line: New pass programs provided 1,852 rides in December
MORGANTOWN — Between Sept. 1, 2021 and Nov. 30, 2024, every person who boarded the bus on Mountain Line’s Don Knotts route rode for free. It was […]
Storm prompts expansion of Catholic Charities warming shelter
MORGANTOWN — Only one of the 21 available beds in the Catholic Charities winter warming shelter were empty Sunday night as temperatures, and snow, fell across much […]
Mountain Line rolls out pass program, reinstates Don Knotts fare
Mountain Line is reinstating its standard 75-cent fare for riders aboard its Don Knotts Route starting Sunday. The move comes in conjunction with the launch of a […]
Catholic Charities to operate warming shelter with city, county support
MORGANTOWN — Catholic Charities West Virginia has been tapped to run a winter warming shelter in the former Hope Hill Sobering Center space on the ground floor […]
Catholic Charities opens Grace Shelter to the community
MORGANTOWN — There’s been a lot of talk in recent months about the closure of the former Bartlett House triage shelter in Hazel’s House of Hope and […]
Grace Shelter intake growing as warming shelter, tiny house talks continue
MORGANTOWN — Catholic Charities West Virginia Chief Executive Officer Mark Phillips said activity at Grace Shelter — the former Bartlett House triage shelter in Hazel’s House of […]