Concerned Citizens Committee

The Concerned Citizens work together on a variety of local community issues throughout Brooke and Hancock Counties. 

We meet monthly, the 2nd Monday at 11:00 am, to discuss, evaluate, and establish service plans for the people in need throughout our community. The next Concerned Citizens Committee will meet Monday, June 11th. There are no meetings the months of July and August.

Since January 2014, the Concerned Citizens group...

• has gathered community agencies and individuals to help represent Brooke and Hancock counties in the 2014 national Point-in-Time homelessness count.
  • "The Point-in-Time (PIT) count is a count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons on a single night in January. HUD requires that Continuums of Care conduct an annual count of homeless persons who are sheltered in emergency shelter, transitional housing, and Safe Havens on a single night. Each count is planned, coordinated, and carried out locally."
• determined the type of housing and shelter needs in our community
• has been attending Northern Panhandle Continuum of Care meetings to stay up to date with the available housing
• brought various community service agencies together in order to establish more effective service plans for families and individuals suffering from homelessness
• is beginning to look deeper into community homelessness prevention