Resource Number: 70764426
Description
Extreme Weather Winter Shelters
Note: All Extreme Weather Winter Shelters are currently closed. Please check back for updated information.
Cities and Sacramento County follow guidelines adopted in 2012 to determine when to open extreme weather winter shelters. “Extreme cold/freeze warnings or wind chill warnings indicating weather conditions that endanger human life with credible weather forecasts of extremely cold/freezing weather for more than three days (low daytime temps) accompanied by night temps of [32 degrees Fahrenheit] or less,". These circumstances will prompt the opening of winter shelters.
In addition, there are multiple regional HART (Homeless Assistance Resource Teams) organizations that work with local churches to offer a rotating emergency shelter program during winter. Guests are shuttled to the church hosting the shelter for the night and returned to the in-take location the next morning. Shelters provide a hot dinner and breakfast-to-go and a sleeping bag and cot. Space is limited.
Warming Centers
During business hours Sacramento County Library Branches are places for community members to warm up.
Warming Centers allow people to find refuge from winter weather during winter but typically do not provide sleeping accommodations.
Cooling Centers
During business hours Sacramento County Library Branches are places for community members to cool down.
Note: All official Cooling Centers are currently closed. Please check back for updated information.
Summer Time Temperatures Guidance on When Cooling Center Open: - The NWS Sacramento issues an Extreme Heat Warning for Sacramento County; or
- The NWS Sacramento Experimental HeatRisk is showing Magenta, Level 4 in Sacramento County for 3 or more consecutive days.
Cooling Centers allow people to find refuge from the extreme heat during summer, but typically do not provide sleeping accommodations.
2-1-1 Sacramento
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No physical address.
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Program Hours:
Seven days a week, 24-hours
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Disabilities Access:
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Not applicable.
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No mailing address.
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Eligibility:
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Open.
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Languages:
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English
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Application Process:
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No application process.
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Program Fees:
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No fee.
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Documents Required:
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No documents required.
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Programs at Community Link
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Accreditations:
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2-1-1 Sacramento: AIRS Accreditation
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Legal Status:
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Nonprofit - Incorporated
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Employer Identification Number:
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94-1201196
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Funding:
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Donations; grants; sales; service contracts.
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