City Announces 4 Additional Warming Centers For Unhoused Residents

NEW HAVEN, CT —Four winter warming centers are opening in New Haven for individuals in need of overnight shelter from the cold weather, city officials announced.

In addition to shelter, there will be services for people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity, it's noted.

Beginning Tuesday, the city-subsidized warming centers will be open every night on a walk-in basis through mid-April, with hours generally from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. and extended hours based on extreme cold weather protocols.

In addition, blankets, food, and beverages are also provided. The warming centers are designed to provide both immediate, short-term relief for the city’s homeless and unsheltered residents and to connect individuals to more permanent, long-term housing solutions and other needed support services.

In total, the city-subsided warming centers and overflow site will be able to accommodate up to 160 individuals.

The warming centers are an added measure to compliment the city’s five homeless shelters, which provide beds, meals, clothing, and wraparound social services. A list of the shelters can be found on the City’s website and space at the shelters can be accessed by calling 2-1-1, the State of Connecticut’s Coordinated Access Networks.

• The 180 Center, 438 East St., 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Capacity is 25 – 30
• Upon This Rock Ministries, 882 Grand Ave., 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Capacity is 25 – 30
• Varick Memorial, A.M.E. Zion Church, 242 Dixwell Ave., Sunday to Friday, 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. and Saturday, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Capacity is 30
• Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK), 266 State St., Sunday to Friday, 6 p.m. to 7 a.m., Saturday, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Opens Nov. 28. Capacity is 35.
• The overflow site is Columbus House, 586 Ella T Grasso Blvd., Capacity is 35.

In addition, city officials will also announce the launch of a stakeholder engagement process to help inform the City’s approach to the deployment of $4.6 million in federal dollars from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that have been earmarked for enhancing the City’s homeless services infrastructure. The announcement will take place at The 180 Center, one of the city’s warming center locations and also an addiction recovery, training, and life crisis center, located at 438 East Street.