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County of Santa Clara Office of Supportive Housing Announces Inclement Weather Episode from March 14 through Saturday, March 17

March 14, 2018

Additional shelter beds are available during this period

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF. - The Office of Supportive Housing announced an Inclement Weather Episode for the entire county from the evening of Wednesday, March 14th to the morning of Saturday, March 17th, due to an extended period of rain and cold temperatures. During declared Inclement Weather Episodes, up to 297 additional beds will be available at: Bill Wilson Center, City Team Ministries, HomeFirst’s Boccardo Reception Center, the Gilroy Armory, LifeMoves Georgia Travis House, Montgomery Street Inn and Project WeHOPE.

For an updated printable PDF of warming centers and shelters: http://bit.ly/shelterlocationsMarch

For more information and resources: http://bit.ly/Cold_Weather_Resources

For more information on shelter locations and warming centers around Santa Clara County, visit the County of Santa Clara Office of Supportive Housing at http://bit.ly/SCCshelters

Hotlines are available to direct people to services:

Call 2-1-1: for health and human services in Santa Clara County;

Homeless Helpline: Call the County Office of Supportive Housing at (408) 793-0550 to ask for assistance or report a homeless person in need in Santa Clara County (excluding San Jose);

HomeFirst Homeless Helpline: Call (408) 510-7600 or e-mail the HomeFirst Helpline at [email protected]. HomeFirst’s Outreach team provides access to emergency shelter, showers, laundry, meals, medical services, case management, employment training, and more. 

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

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

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ABOUT INCLEMENT WEATHER EPISODES

During extreme cold temperatures, the County’s Office of Supportive Housing activates the Inclement Weather Plan which supplements the regular, ongoing cold weather shelter program. In December 2017, the County’s Office of Supportive Housing raised by several degrees the trigger temperatures for an inclement weather episode from previous seasons.

The current trigger conditions are as follows:

  • There is a forecasted overnight low of 40 degrees (previously 38 degrees) or lower with a probability of rain of less than 50%; or,
  • There is a forecasted overnight low of 45 degrees (previously 42 degrees) or lower with a probability of rain of 50% or greater.

ABOUT THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA

The County of Santa Clara government serves a diverse, multi-cultural population of 1.9 million residents in Santa Clara County, the fifth largest county in California. With a $6.5 billion budget and more than 70 agencies/departments and 20,000 employees, the County of Santa Clara plans for the needs of a dynamic community, provides quality services, and promotes a healthy, safe and prosperous community for all. The County provides essential services including public health protection, environmental protection, medical services through Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC), child and adult protection services, homelessness prevention and solutions, roads, park services, libraries, emergency response to disasters, protection of minority communities and those under threat, access to a fair criminal justice system, and scores of other services, particularly for those members of our community in the greatest need.
 

Media Contact: Michelle Covert, Office of Supportive Housing, (408) 793-0501; (408) 878-5298 (cell).

Posted: March 14, 2018