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Morgantown Shelter Faces Winter Crunch | Charleston News
Morgantown’s warming shelter is gearing up for another winter, but faces a critical funding gap and shrinking space—just 21 beds after a fire marshal cut capacity from 28. With 150 homeless in the area and demand surging in extreme weather, director Mindy Thorne is racing to secure more resources, including HUD grants that only sent $50K to Morgantown despite a $1.8M state allocation. A potential return to Hazel’s House of Hope is in the works, with a final decision expected in August—giving staff more time to prepare. Despite setbacks like denied county funding and foreclosure of the old…
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