Santa Clara County Warming Centers, Shelter Beds Available During Cold Spell

From the Santa Clara County Government:

Posted 1/31/2020

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF.— With low overnight temperatures predicted for Santa Clara County, the Office of Supportive Housing is providing inclement weather services starting Sunday night, February 2 through Tuesday morning, February 4. That means there will be additional shelter beds, daytime and overnight warming centers available for the increased number of people who require respite.

All residents are encouraged to use available shelters and warming centers, as well as take appropriate actions to ensure their safety and well-being during these cold and rainy days and nights. For locations of shelters, warming centers and other services that are available call 211 or download a printable PDF of warming centers and shelters: http://bit.ly/WarmCenters1-2-2019. For more information on shelter locations, visit the County of Santa Clara Office of Supportive Housing.

Food, Shelters and Warming Centers

During winter months, cold weather and regular shelters operate daily in East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, San Jose and Gilroy. When an Inclement Weather Episode occurs, additional shelter beds, as well as daytime and overnight warming centers, are available.

1. Daytime warming centers are located in libraries, community and senior centers throughout the County.
2. Expanded shelter services are available throughout the County.
3. Call 211 for information on warming centers, shelters, hot meals, free food programs and other services in Santa Clara County

Available hotlines to direct people to services:

Call 2-1-1: for health and human services in Santa Clara County, available 24 hours a day in multiple languages;

Homeless Helpline (not San Jose): Call the County Office of Supportive Housing at (408) 793-0550 during regular business hours to ask for assistance or report a homeless person in need in Santa Clara County;

HomeFirst Homeless Helpline: Call (408) 510-7600 or e-mail the HomeFirst Helpline at Outreach@homefirstscc.org.

Homeless individuals can register to receive text messages about services as follows:

• Simply address a text message to: 888777
• Type BADWEATHER in the message
• Send the message

ABOUT INCLEMENT WEATHER EPISODES

During extreme cold temperatures, the County of Santa Clara Office of Supportive Housing activates the Inclement Weather Plan, which supplements the regular, ongoing cold weather shelter program.

The current trigger conditions are as follows:

• There is a forecasted overnight low of 40 degrees or lower with a probability of rain of less than 50%;
• There is a forecasted overnight low of 45 degrees or lower with a probability of rain of 50% or greater, or
• There is a forecasted period of rain for 48 hours or more likely to result in flooding.

This press release was produced by the Santa Clara County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.