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Grace Shelter director details intake, capacity and housing outcomes; asks for 15 overnight beds
Summary
Grace Shelter director Jessica Thompson told the Morgantown City Council committee that since taking over operations in September 2024 the shelter has served 124 distinct individuals, housed 35 in permanent housing, runs near 100% capacity and is seeking space and modest funds to add 15 overnight-only beds.
Morgantown — Jessica Thompson, director of Grace Shelter (operating under Catholic Charities West Virginia), briefed the City Council Committee of the Whole May 27 on the shelter’s operations since it assumed services from Bartlett House.
Thompson said the shelter formally took over operations Sept. 1, 2024, opened intakes Oct. 17 and has served 124 distinct individuals (not counting winter-warming shelter users). Of those, she said 12 were veterans, 24 were classified as chronically homeless (12 or more months), eight were youth and she has housed 35 people in permanent housing. Thompson told council staff and members that about half of clients list a last known address in a single county and that 13% of clients are from out-of-state (Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Texas and Maryland were cited).
Capacity and operations: Thompson said the shelter now operates 19 permanent beds (down from a prior 28) and runs “100% almost every…
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