what the plan for 2018-19 for not only a homeless shelter facility yes helping a handful of people is nice but not when so many have no where to go caused by our own programs. What do we plan to do for making a cold weather shelter for next winter.

The Garrett County Behavioral Health Authority has worked with 76 individuals, since July 1, 2017, who were homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Of those 76 individuals, 45 were enrolled in the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) program, facilitated through our office. As in year’s past, being able to locate…[Read more]

At the health planning council meeting on May 24, 2018 Commissioner Jim Hinebaugh raised the question about affordable housing in Garrett County. A discussion followed and the need to collect data around this issue is of great interest to the Health Planning Council. We spoke about different levels of need and homelessness was raised. It was an…[Read more]

Final statistics for April 2018 are now available in the Raw Data + tab above. Thanks!