2015-2016 LAHSA WINTER SHELTER PROGRAM LOCATIONS NOW OPEN : LANCASTER and CITY OF BELL POMONA - PICK UP LOCATIONS

Opened on October 15th. 

We're looking for other locations but you can always call the winter shelter HOTLINE number below. 

If its cold or raining, please get inside!   Don't catch a virus, allergies, fever, pneumonia... There's still something called THE WINDCHILL FACTOR here is Southern California, which means that it can feel MUCH COLDER due to the wind than the temperature on the thermostat.  CALL AHEAD IF YOU WANT TO DRIVE YOUR OWN VEHICLE IN.  Remember these shelters are for ALL HOMELESS, even those living in RV's, Vans, and cars.

If you are NEW to being HOMELESS, even if you're in a vehicle, a cold weather shelter is an option for you, for warmth, for safety, for showers and food, and possible links to other social services that may help you.    You will probably be on army cots, not " beds."  OUR ADVICE TO YOU IS THAT WHILE AT A COLD WEATHER SHELTER NIGHTS you use your days TO APPLY TO ALL PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAMS POSSIBLE.  Get on wait lists rather than get used to the street.




WINTER SHELTER HOT LINE  1-800-548-6047

TDD 1 - 800-660-4026  (Deaf and hearing disabled line.)

CITY OF LANCASTER - GRACE RESOURCES   35 BEDS  (in our opinion way too few!)
(Antelope Valley Planning Area)
44611 Yucca Avenue, Lancaster, CA
Open this year through March 31, 2016

(661) 945-7524

Pick up locations:  Corner of K8 and Gingham Ave  at 2:40 PM in the afternoon.

and

Grace Resource Center
45134 North Sierra Highway, Lancaster - COURTYARD is meeting place at 2:50 PM in the afternoon.


POMONA ARMORY - 100 BED PROGRAM
(San Gabriel Valley Planning Area)
Volunteers of America - Los Angeles
600 South Park Avenue
Pomona, CA  91767
Open this year through March 31, 2016

(909) 524-9799

OPERATING AS A WALK IN SHELTER.  You're encouraged to take the public bus.  If you need special assistance getting there, please call ahead.


BELL SHELTER - 79 BED PROGRAM
(East LA Planning Area)
Salvation Army
5600 Rickenbacker Road,
City of Bell, CA  90040

(323) 263-1206

Operating until March 15, 2015

Pick up locations:

Salvation Army Southeast Corps
29665 E. Gage Ave, Huntington Park, CA   at 3:30 PM in the afternoon

and

Salvation Army East Los Angeles Temple Corps
140 Eastman Ave.  East Los Angeles, CA  at 4:00 PM in the afternoon

and

Veterans Center
Corner of Olympic and Goodrich, East LA  at 4:45 PM


 

HYPOTHERMIA HOTLINES : RECORD FREEZE SURE TO KILL OFF MORE HOMELESS

 Dan Diamond - FORBES - How to Help the Homeless - COLD

 Part of the Article :

"Other cities have similar services, too. Here’s a partial list of numbers that I collected, and readers have submitted."

• Baltimore: 410-433-5175 for Baltimore Area Homeless Shelters 24-Hour Hotline
• Boston: 617-534-2526 for Friends of Boston’s Homeless or dial 311
• Chicago: 311
• Detroit: 1-800-274-3583 and 1-800-343-4427 (starting on Monday at 6 a.m.)
• Kansas City, Mo.: 816-474-4599
• New York City: 311
• Milwaukee: 211
• Minneapolis: 211
• Philadelphia: 215-232-1984 for the Project HOME Homeless Outreach Hotline
• Portland: 211
• Richmond: 211
• San Francisco: 311
• Seattle: 211
• St. Louis: 314-802-5444 for the Housing Resource Center hotline (between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Mon-Friday)
• Thunder Bay, Ontario: 807-620-7678 for the SOS team (operates between 2 p.m. and 2 a.m.)
• Toronto: 311
• Washington, D.C.: 1-800-535-7252 for the Hypothermia Hotline