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A Blair County agency that has been planning a new homeless shelter is hoping for state approval of tax credits that will complete the finances necessary to move ahead with the project.
Lisa Hann, executive director of Family Services Inc., approached the Blair County commissioners Tuesday asking them to provide a “Letter of Support” for the agency’s bid to obtain $250,000 in tax credits through the state Department of Community and Economic Development. The credits, Hann stated, would be awarded through the Neighborhood Assistance Special Priorities Tax Credit Program.
Hann and others have been planning for several years to open a new homeless shelter because its former shelter had only 16 beds, well short of meeting the present-day need.