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Council members warn hotel-shelter program may end after funding cut; program has provided nearly 800 shelter nights over three years
Summary
Councilors said a municipal hotel-shelter program that provided roughly 795 shelter nights and about 1,100 meals over three years faces termination after Emergency Food and Shelter Program funds were frozen; organizers estimate about $1,000 remains in the program account.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Council members raised alarms Tuesday about a hotel-shelter program that places people in hotel rooms as a temporary shelter option, saying the program’s funding is nearly exhausted and a federal grant source has been frozen.
One councilor reported the program provided about 795 shelter nights over three…
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