[WardFive] Protection From The Cold

If you should know someone in temporary need of shelter from the cold…….

 

Laura Zeilinger

Director

The Cold Emergency Alert Has Been Activated

The District will operate under a Cold Emergency meaning that additional services and supports are available to  help people who are experiencing homelessness. Added warming sites are listed with start and ending times below. All standard Winter Plan shelters are also in operation. Please note: start and end times indicated below may be modified based on weather conditions.

Action	Location	Population	Start Time	End Time	Status
Warming Site	Sherwood Recreation Center (640 10th Street, NE)	Co-ed	9 pm	7 am	To be open
Warming Site	Emery Recreation Center (5801 Georgia Avenue, NW)	Co-ed	9 pm	7 am	To be open
Warming Site	Greenleaf Recreation Center (201 N Street, SW)	Women	9 pm	7 am	To be open
Alert Night Shelter	Banneker Recreation Center (2500 Georgia Avenue, NW)	Men	9 pm	7 am	To be open
Alert Night Shelter	Columbia Heights Recreation Center (1480 Girard Street, NW)	Men	9 pm	7 am	To be open
Alert Night Shelter	Kennedy Recreation Center (1401 7th Street, NW)	Men	9 pm	7 am	To be open
Alert Night Shelter	New Covenant Baptist Church (1301 W Street, SE)	Women	7 pm	7 am	To be open
Alert Night Shelter	Community of Christ Church (3526 Massachusetts Avenue, NW)	Women	7 pm	7 am	To be open
Alert Night Shelter	Sacred Heart Church (16th Street and Park Road, NW)	Men	7 pm	7 am	To be open
Overflow Shelter	Benning Park Community Center (Southern Avenue and Fable Street, SE)	Co-ed	TBD	7 am	On standby
Overflow Shelter	Greenleaf Recreation Center (201 N Street, SW)	Co-ed	TBD	7 am	On standby

• Warming Sites are open when HSEMA activates the Cold Emergency Alert.
• Alert Night Shelters are opened every night throughout the season when HSEMA activates the Hypothermia Alert.
• Overflow Shelters are opened as needed on a Hypothermia Alert night when Alert Night Shelters have reached capacity. Contact the UPO Shelter Hotline for transport or referral to Overflow Shelters that have been opened.

Key Contact Information

DC Shelter Hotline

• uposh@upo.org
• (202) 399-7093
• 211
• 1(800) 535-7252

• @DCHypothermia
• @DC_HSEMA\

Text Alerts

• Register with Alert DC online at hsema.dc.gov/page/alertdc
• Register by texting "DC" to 411911

Call Washington Humane Society at (202) 723-5730 24 hours/day to report cruelty, neglect and animal emergencies.

Robert Vinson Brannum

President Emeritus

D.C. Federation of Civic Associations, Inc.