{"id":238134,"date":"2026-07-08T06:51:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T06:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/238134\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T06:51:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T06:51:40","slug":"erie-city-mission-to-acquire-new-shelter-location-in-former-school-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/238134\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie City Mission to acquire new shelter location in former school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WJET Erie;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WJET Erie\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/aol_wjet_erie_articles_147.png\"\/><\/a>Updated Thu, June 25, 2026 at 3:04 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8f99e78c-d9be-4473-80f5-33e2f2064cd6.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A former Catholic grade school will become a shelter for women and children following a vote in Millcreek Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Erie City Mission has plans to create \u201cThe Haven\u201d inside what used to be Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in the 1500 block of East Grandview Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/erie-city-mission-faces-surge-in-homeless-from-surrounding-region\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tErie City Mission faces surge in homeless from surrounding region\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The residential shelter will be able to accommodate 70 women and children.<\/p>\n<p>The township\u2019s zoning hearing board unanimously approved a special exception, allowing a change to how the building is used.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s such a great synergy to go into a school that served so many for so many years and be able to turn it into a wonderful home for women and children. We\u2019re excited. The board is excited. I\u2019m excited. A lot was riding on this decision tonight,\u201d said Erie City Mission CEO Brian Johansson.<\/p>\n<p>The project is expected to take 18 to 24 months and have a total price tag of about $9.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tFor the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Thu, June 25, 2026 at 3:04 PM UTC A former Catholic grade school will become a shelter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-238134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}