MORGANTOWN – Sometimes the visuals don’t quite match the vision. That’s been the case for Hazel’s House of Hope since it opened its doors to its first tenant agency more than five years ago. The vision, first pitched in 2019, was a novel one – at least in West ...
MORGANTOWN – There are major changes coming to Hazel’s House of Hope – the hotel-turned social services hub at 20 Scott Ave. Some of them are already there. Physically, more than $1.6 million in congressionally directed tax dollars will be tapped to finance two major facility ...
MORGANTOWN -- Jessica Thompson has served as shelter director for Catholic Charities’ Grace Shelter in Hazel’s House of Hope since Catholic Charities West Virginia took over operations from Bartlett House last fall. She announced Tuesday that she’ll be leaving the position next ...
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 more than $500,000 in opioid settlement funds passed through the county. That, the commissioners said ...
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 monthly. If and when a bed does open up, it’s claimed within an hour or two. It’s been this way ...
WESTOVER -- Price Street resident Jessica Thompson said rumors abound in her part of town about the development in the works across the street from her home. Representing her family as well as her neighbors, Thompson on Monday brought those concerns to the Westover City Council. As ...