SA Cold Weather Shelters – February 12-16, 2021
EMERGENCY SHELTERS: These locations will be practicing social distancing, requiring masks, and limiting numbers.
- CUB (Church Under the Bridge) 724 Chestnut, 78202 (near Nolan and Hwy 281) – 5:30 p.m. Saturday through Monday night to hand out about 40 bed tickets. It’s first come-first served. Once they have a ticket, intake process will begin at 7 p.m. Dinner, breakfast, and a movie will be provided.
- Life Restored Church: 400 Arbor Place (a couple blocks from Haven) will open Saturday, Sunday, and possibly Monday night for 20 people. People can start lining up at 5 p.m. to request a ticket for a bed and those intakes will begin at 6 p.m. They will also provide dinner, breakfast, and a movie.
- Haven for Hope is open to ANYONE seeking shelter from the cold who will be willing to shelter-in-place and follow CDC guidelines of social distancing and mask wearing. All clients sleep indoors and are given cold-weather clothing, including warm jackets. They will open for this emergency weather process at 3p.m., Friday February 12, 2021. This is not an official campus enrollment so no clean urine analysis or ID is required.
- Salvation Army Dave Coy Men’s Shelter – 226 Nolan Street. Nightly shelter enrollment begins at 3 p.m. daily through 8 p.m. Meals provided first come-first served. Individuals must be 18 years or older and provide a picture ID at the time of enrollment. New visitors get the first 3 nights for free and enrolled clients pay $12.50 per night.
- Corazon Ministries at Travis Park Church: 230 E. Travis. Starting Thursday, February 11th thru possibly Tuesday or Wednesday, or when below freezing stops. They will check people in at 4p.m., taking the first 20. Showers will be available. Light breakfast provided. Each morning guests will leave the building and the space will be cleaned for the next evening. Their medical center is open on Sundays at 8am and Thursdays at 4p.m. They will operate as normal.
- Last Chance Ministries: 404 Brady Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78207. They can take approximately 75 men and women (no children). Doors will open at 8 p.m. Point of contact is Pastor Janie (210) 873-0660
- Roy Maas Youth-3103 West Ave. Alternatives Centro Seguro Drop in Center for youth ages 24 and younger remains open 24/7.
Warm supply resources and HUBs:
Catholic Worker House is not opening for emergency shelter, but will keep moving forward with their usual food distribution Monday through Friday. They are closed on the weekends. They will be serving lunch bags Friday morning along with breakfast and hot lunch Monday morning.
CAM: 110 McCullough – food distribution on Friday and Saturday morning beginning at 7:30 a.m. During distribution they will be handing out hand warmers, jackets, and blankets, socks, hats, gloves. Showers will be closed Saturday and Monday. CAM will hang signs on property for folks to know where to go. CAM will resume morning meal service Tuesday morning. (210) 223-4099 www.cam-sa.org
San Fernando HUB: 319 W. Travis. South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless (SARAH), in partnership with the City of San Antonio Department of Human Services, organized a collection drive for cold weather materials, including jackets, blankets, socks, and more. Items can be picked up at the San Fernando Homeless Resource Hub located at 319 W. Travis St. from Monday to Friday, between 1 and 4 p.m. Meals are provided at this HUB as well.
Outreach workers and nonprofits serving the homeless have been in the field and will be disseminating information and supplies. CAM will have laminated signs on their fences all weekend to guide folks where they can go for help.
HOMELESS HOTLINE: 210-207-1799
They are open Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:30p.m. They are closed on weekends.
Document created by Christian Assistance Ministry, February 2021
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