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Catholic Charities describes family shelter demand, urges support for emergency-shelter certification bill
Summary
Catholic Charities’ Angel’s Watch family shelter serves up to 120 beds nightly and reported serving 316 people in the last fiscal year; the agency asked delegates to support House Bill 93 (shelter certification) and to consider increased recurring funding from the state.
At the Jan. 24 Southern Maryland Delegation meeting, Amanda Chesney, executive director of housing and homeless services for Catholic Charities, described the agency’s Angel’s Watch family emergency shelter and asked the delegation to support House Bill 93, a state proposal to develop certification standards for emergency shelters.
Chesney said Angel’s Watch, which opened in December 2018 and is located in Charles County, offers up to 120 beds per night and can expand by 10 to 20 beds during hypothermia (extreme-cold) events.…
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