Boone County Quick Response Team

01/03/2026

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12/22/2025

✨ Christmas Encouragement ✨

The holidays can be joyful for some… and incredibly heavy for others.
If you’re in recovery, battling depression, or just trying to make it through the season — you are not alone.

It’s okay if this Christmas looks different.
It’s okay if you’re healing quietly.
It’s okay if your only goal right now is to get through today.

Recovery doesn’t take a holiday — and neither does hope.
Even on the hard days, your life has value, your story matters, and your presence here means something.

If today feels overwhelming:
🤍 Reach out to someone you trust
🤍 Take a break when you need one
🤍 Give yourself grace instead of guilt

We’re holding space for you this Christmas — for those celebrating, those grieving, those struggling, and those still fighting to stay well.

You are worthy of peace.
You are worthy of healing.
And you are worthy of a future full of light — even if you can’t see it yet.

🎄💜 You matter.

12/19/2025

12/18/2025

The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS), Bureau for Family Assistance (BFA), today announced that it will begin an automatic mass mailing of Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) applications starting on January 5, 2026.

This mailing marks the start of the LIEAP season and is designed to ensure timely access for West Virginia’s most vulnerable populations, including:

-Households that received regular LIEAP benefits during the previous season.

-Older adults.

-Individuals with disabilities.

Households that receive an application through automatic mailing will have until January 30, 2026, or until funds are exhausted, to submit their applications. Applications may be returned by mail, dropped off at their local DoHS office, or online at www.wvpath.org.

Regular LIEAP open to the general public on February 2, 2026.

All applicants who use a Public Services Commission (PSC)-regulated utility for their primary heating source must provide a current utility bill. Households that heat with bulk fuels are required to submit verification of their fuel supplier along with a receipt. The maximum LIEAP benefit is $2,000 per household.

The maximum allowable gross income levels for LIEAP Fiscal Year 2026 are listed below:

*For each additional person, add $688.
*Social Security & Veterans Benefits Excluded

For further assistance or questions, please contact your local DoHS office, or call the Office of Constituent Services’ Client Services Unit at 1-800-642-8589 or email osaclientservices@wv.gov.

12/15/2025

12/12/2025

We would like to express our appreciation to BARN Community Center for the donation of $1,000 to our program to use for needed items. We appreciate your support to the QRT program.