Majority Of LAHSA winter shelter program opened ahead of dropping temperatures

Ahead of temperatures reaching the debased 40s and precocious 30s implicit the adjacent week, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority has opened a bulk of its wintertime shelters passim Los Angeles County.

The Winter Shelter Program has 315 beds astatine 11 sites to supply immoderate of the city’s unhoused residents with a lukewarm spot to sleep, devour and entree supportive services and lodging assistance, LAHSA announced Monday.

LAHSA’s astir caller stateless count, which took spot astatine the commencement of 2020, recovered that determination were 66,436 radical experiencing homelessness successful the county. The 2021 number was not conducted owed to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The wintertime structure beds — which are disposable done March 2022 —are provided by nonprofit work providers and funded by the metropolis and Los Angeles County.

“While galore of our wintertime shelters ne'er went offline successful bid to supply harmless places for radical to travel indoors during the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re gladsome to bring our afloat portfolio online to connection extortion from the rainfall and cold,” said LAHSA Executive Director Heidi Marston.

“We’re grateful to the metropolis and region of Los Angeles and the galore cities passim the region we spouse with to supply these havens during winter.”

The 264 wintertime structure beds listed connected LAHSA’s website arsenic of Tuesday day are:

— 57 co-ed beds astatine Pacoima Church, operated by Hope of the Valley and reachable at 818-257-8521  (the code is confidential and provided by telephone only);

— 49 co-ed beds astatine Weingart Center, astatine 544 S. San Pedro St. successful downtown Los Angeles, operated by the Weingart Association and reachable at 213-689-2152 ;

— 63 co-ed beds astatine Athens Park, astatine 12603 S. Broadway successful Willowbrook, operated by Home At Last and reachable at 323-787-7241 ;

— 20 women-only beds astatine Bryant Temple Women’s Shelter, astatine 2514 W. Vernon Ave. successful Hyde Park, operated by Bryant Temple CDC and reachable at 323-792-4162 ;

— 45 co-ed beds astatine Long Beach WSP Site, astatine 1718-1722 Hayes St. successful Long Beach, operated by Volunteers of America and reachable at 213-328-9928 ; and

— 30 women-only beds astatine a Home At Last Facility astatine 8311 S. Western Ave. successful Manchester Square, reachable at 323-909-5913 .

Some of the shelters supply proscription for radical who request it, but LAHSA said proscription is limited. LAHSA recommends that radical take a site, telephone to cheque availability, battalion their bags and past question transportation. Each idiosyncratic is allowed 2 bags. Pets are besides allowed.

LAHSA whitethorn besides supply an further 67 beds astatine 2 sites successful the lawsuit that astatine slightest 1 of the pursuing conditions are met:

— daytime somesthesia highs are beneath 50 degrees for 2 consecutive days;

— nighttime lows are beneath 40 degrees;

— it rains heavy for 1 oregon much consecutive days.

The weather-activated shelters are astatine 3650 Verdugo Road successful Glassell Park and 3535 Redondo Beach Blvd. successful Torrance.

People with questions astir the programme tin telephone the Winter Shelter Hotline at 800-548-6047 . The hotline is disposable 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.