Chicago Area Warming Centers: Illinois Blizzard 2018

CHICAGO, IL — If you need a warm place to go as snow and cold temperatures continue across the area and state, illinois.gov has an extensive list of warming centers open and available inside state facilities. This comes as the blizzard warning covering most of the Chicago area expired, but a winter storm warning remained in place for the Chicago and Joliet areas until 9 a.m. Monday.

There are more than 20 centers listed for residents in Chicago looking to stay warm or reduce their home heating costs.

• CHICAGO - LOWER NORTH DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, 2650 WEST FULTON STREET CHICAGO, IL
• COOK COUNTY - HUMBOLDT PARK DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, 2753 WEST NORTH AVENUE CHICAGO, IL
• CHICAGO MIDSOUTH SATELLITE OFFICE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 4313 S. ASHLAND CHICAGO, IL
• CHICAGO - NORTH PULASKI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES (DRS) 743 N. PULASKI ROAD CHICAGO, IL
• CHICAGO - NORTHWEST DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 4105 WEST CHICAGO AVE CHICAGO, IL
• CHICAGO - OGDEN DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 3920 W. OGDEN CHICAGO, IL
• CHICAGO - ENGLEWOOD DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 5323 SOUTH WESTERN AVE CHICAGO, IL
• CHICAGO - MID SOUTH DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 1642 W. 59TH ST CHICAGO, IL
• CHICAGO - WOODLAWN DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 915 EAST 63RD STREET CHICAGO, IL
• CHICAGO SOUTHEAST DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 8001 S. Cottage Grove CHICAGO, IL
• COOK COUNTY - SOUTHEAST DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 8001 S. Cottage Grove CHICAGO, IL
• CHICAGO - UPTOWN DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 6200 N. HIAWATHA CHICAGO , IL
• SKOKIE - NORTHERN DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 8001 N. LINCOLN SKOKIE, IL
• MELROSE PARK - WEST SUBURBAN DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 2701 WEST LAKE STREET MELROSE PARK, IL
• CHICAGO - ROSELAND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 11203 S. ELLIS AVE CHICAGO, IL
• O'HARE OASIS TOLLWAY SOUTH OF IRVING PARK ROAD SCHILLER PARK, IL
• CHICAGO - CALUMET PARK DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 831 WEST 119TH STREET CHICAGO, IL
• SOUTH SUBURBAN - BLUE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 3301 WIRETON RD BLUE ISLAND, IL
• DES PLAINES OASIS TOLLWAY NORTH OF O'HARE AIRPORT DES PLAINES, IL
• HINSDALE OASIS TOLLWAY NORTH OF I-55 HINSDALE, IL
• CHICAGO SOUTHLAND LINCOLN OASIS TOLLWAY WEST OF ILLINOIS ROUTE 394 SOUTH HOLLAND, IL

Except for tollway oasis locations, warming centers do not offer food, drinks or other amenities, according to the state.

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According to illinois.gov, these facilities are a safe, warm place to go during the day while you turn your thermostat down (officials advise to not lower your thermostat below 60 degrees).

As of 6 a.m. Monday morning, ComEd was also reporting about 169,000 customers throughout the area without power, so head to your closest warming center if power outages are affecting your home.

More than 800 flights out of O'Hare and Midway were canceled Sunday, and hundreds more were canceled or delayed Monday morning.

Mayors across Illinois have been asked to provide local warming centers in their communities.

Check your closest warming center's hours and more details at www2.illinois.gov/sites/KeepWarm.

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