Category: winter shelters

A Ballard Food Bank Newsletter

Thank you,
caring community! 

https://www.ballardfoodbank.org/


Hope.
Gratitude.
Community.
 
As I reflect on this past year at Ballard Food Bank, these are the words that come to mind.
 
This is a special place where every day is filled with meaningful moments: a mom shops for healthy ingredients for meals she knows her young children will like; an elderly gentleman selects low-sodium foods to fit his heart-healthy diet; a family learns they’re able to stay in their home after a job loss because we can help with their rent payment.

Selecting healthy groceries so we can prepare food we like and want to eat…something so simple but so important to our mental and physical well-being. Everyone deserves this. And everyone deserves a place to call home.
 
Our community is strongest when we make sure everyone has what they need to survive and thrive. I am so grateful for you, our caring community!
Your support does so much:
 – You help fill our neighbors’ grocery carts with healthy fruit, veggies, and protein for their families. Over 1000 households shop for food each week at our no-cost Community Market. – You help fuel our neighbors with a hot bowl of soup, grilled sandwich, and a cup of coffee. 1400 folks come by the free Kindness Café each week for hot and delicious food. – You help bring healthy food to 400 households each week via home delivery. – You help make sure 475 neighborhood kids have the food they need each weekend via the Weekend Food for Kids program. – You help prevent homelessness. We connect with 750 clients in our Community Resource Hub each week, including helping with rent payments, connecting folks to other programs and agencies, and many other services.

Despite the hard times so many are facing right now, I have hope because we continue to be here for all who need us. Thank you, from all of us at the food bank. We can do what we do because you are with us. When you make a financial gift, volunteer your time, coordinate a food drive, or drop by with your food donations, you are helping us bring food and hope to our neighbors.
 
With gratitude, on behalf of our entire team,

Jen Muzia, Executive Director

https://www.ballardfoodbank.org/

Seattle Extra Capacity Day Center and Overnight Shelter:

Compass Housing Alliance, enter at 210 Alaskan Way S., across from the Ferry Terminal

  • Day Center extended hours Sunday – Friday 7am-7pm
  • 24/7 overnight Sunday – Saturday 6pm – 9am
  • 60 bed capacity
  • Breakfast and dinner served

Exhibition Hall at Seattle Center, 305 Harrison Street (bottom floor)

  • Open overnight Thursday 11/10 – Saturday morning 11/12
  • For ages 18+, All Genders, Pets allowed, 7:00pm-9:00am
  • 130 bed capacity
  • Dinner served

Seattle Indian Center, The Inn at Roy St., 624 S. Dearborn St., Seattle

  • Male-identifying only, no drugs, alcohol or weapons
  • 25 bed capacity overnight, guests can stay as the space is also a Day Center
  • Breakfast served

(Closed Thursday) St. Dunstan’s Church, 722 N 145th St (Shoreline, off Aurora)

  • Open overnight Tuesday 11/8 and Wednesday 11/9 only
  • For single adults and couples, 8:30pm – 7:30am
  • 15 bed capacity

Seattle Regularly Operating Daytime Warming Centers for Single Adults

  • The Salvation Army Jefferson Day Center (4th & Jefferson), Every Day, 7:00am – 5:00pm
  • Seattle Indian Center Day Center (624 S. Dearborn Street), Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 5:30pm
  • Compass Day Center (77 S Washington St.), Monday – Friday, 7:00am – 3:30pm
  • Immanuel Community Services (1215 Thomas St.), Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 2:00pm
  • Urban Rest Stop
    • Ballard (2014-B NW 57th St), Monday – Friday, 6:30am – 2:30pm
    • Downtown (1924 Ninth Avenue), Monday – Friday from 5:30pm – 9:30pm and Saturday – Sunday from 8:00am – 3:00pm
  • Chief Seattle Club Day Center (410 2nd Ave. Ext S.), Monday – Friday, 7:00am – 2:00pm (Native / Indigenous only)
  • Aurora Commons (8914 Aurora Ave N.), Monday – Thursday, 10:00am – 1:00pm
  • Bread of Life Mission (97 South Main St.), Monday – Friday, 9:30am – 3:00pm
  • Immanuel Lutheran (1215 Thomas St.), Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 2:00pm
  • God’s Little Acre (12517 33rd Ave), Monday-Friday 9:00am-12pm & 1:00-4pm

Seattle Day Centers for Women, Families, Youth and Young Adults

  • Elizabeth Gregory Home (1604 NE 50th St.), Sunday – Friday, 9:00am – 4:30pm, women only
  • Mary’s Place Day Center (1830 Ninth Ave), Monday – Friday from 7:00am – 3:30pm; women or women with children only
  • YouthCare
    • Orion Center (1828 Yale Ave), Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 3:30pm – 7:00pm and Saturday from 11:00am – 1:00pm; youth only (ages 12 to 24)
    • UDYC (4516 15th Ave. NE) Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 8am-4pm / Wednesday 8am-1pm / Sunday 9am-1pm youth only (ages 12 to 24)
    • S. Seattle 24 hours (except Wednesday CLOSED from 12:45pm-3pm) youth only (ages 12 to 24)
  • Street Youth Ministries (4540 15th Ave NE), Monday – Tuesday, 10:00am – 3:00pm, Wednesday – Friday, 10:30am – 2:30pm
  • New Horizons Ministries (2709 3rd Ave), Monday – Thursday, 3:00pm – 9:00pm, Youth/Young Adult Only (13-25)

East King County Shelters & Day Centers: 

  • Bellevue – Adult Men: Congregations for the Homeless, 515B 116th Ave NE, Bellevue, contact 425-496-4885, closest bus route is the 271
  • Kirkland – Women: The Sophia Way, Sophia’s Place (3030 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue), contact 425-896-7385, closest bus routes are the 239 and 250
  • Kirkland – Families with Children: New Bethlehem Place, 8045 120th Ave NE, Suite 100, Kirkland, contact 425-679-0354 
  • Redmond – Youth & Young Adults: The Landing, Friends of Youth, 16101 NE 87th St., Redmond, 24 hours, contact 425-449-3868
  • Snoqualmie – Single Adults & Couples: Reclaim (formerly Snoqualmie Valley Shelter Services), 38625 SE River St, Snoqualmie, contact 425-773-2874

South King County Extra Capacity Shelter:

Mary’s Place: Call the Family Shelter Intake Line (206-245-1026) for information on bed availability and to arrange a Lyft ride to a Mary’s Place location in King County.

Burien Highline United Methodist Church: 13015 1st Ave S, Burien, WA 98168; 7pm to 9 am, Monday 11/7 through Wednesday night, 11/9. Approximately 50 beds.

Auburn Ray of Hope: 2806 Auburn Way N, Auburn, WA 98002. 50 overnight beds in Sundown shelter. Day center will remain open overnight through Thursday night and can accommodate approximately 40 individuals. 

South King County Regularly Operating Shelters / Day Centers

North King County

Shoreline: St. Dunstan’s Church, 722 N 145th St, Shoreline, off Aurora, for single adults and couples, 8:30pm – 7:30am

Other places to find warmth

Libraries: Seattle and King County libraries are open for daytime warming during regular hours.

Malls: Local malls like The Outlet Collection in Auburn, Westfield Southcenter Mall in Tukwila are open to the public for daytime warming.

Snohomish County Shelters

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Pierce County Shelters

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How to Treat and Prevent Hypothermia

Information from Public Health of Seattle King County. Hypothermia is a condition in which a person’s body temperature has dropped significantly below normal. This occurs from inadequate protection against exposure to cold temperatures. Symptoms include uncontrolled shivering, slow or unclear speech, feeling extremely tired, stumbling when attempting to walk, inability to think clearly, and semi-consciousness or unconsciousness.

WINTER SHELTERS: Contact and Locations Lists

UPDATE SHELTERS LIST IS RIGHT HERE

King County Emergency Family Shelter line — 206-245-1026
King County’s crisis line is: 866-427-4747.
Pierce County’s crisis line is 800-576-7764.
Snohomish County’s crisis line is 800-584-3578.

Homeless unpack to spend the night inside at the winter shelter at the armory in Sylmar. The winter shelter run by HOPE of the Valley will house 170 people at night through the winter. With cold weather hitting area early temporary shelters are already worried about running out of room. (Photo by David Crane/Los Angeles News Group)

Homeless shelters are a type of homeless service agency which provide temporary residence for homeless individuals and families. Shelters exist to provide residents with safety and protection from exposure to the weather while simultaneously reducing the environmental impact on the community. They are similar to, but distinguishable from, various types of emergency shelters, which are typically operated for specific circumstances and populations—fleeing natural disasters or abusive social circumstances. Extreme weather conditions create problems similar to disaster management scenarios, and are handled with warming centers, which typically operate for short durations during adverse weather.

BOSTON, MA – JANUARY 04: Gage, who is homeless, pauses outside of a coffee shop on the streets of Boston as snow falls from a massive winter storm on January 4, 2018 in Boston, United States. Schools and businesses throughout the Boston area are closed as the city is expecting over a foot of snow and blizzard like conditions throughout the day. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A warming center is a short-term emergency shelter that operates when temperatures or a combination of precipitation, wind chill, wind and temperature become dangerously inclement. Their paramount purpose is the prevention of death and injury from exposure to the elements. This may include acute trauma from falling objects such as trees, or injury to extremities due to frostbite. A more prevalent emergency which warming centers seek to prevent is hypothermia, the risk for which is aggravated by factors such as age, alcohol consumption, and homelessness.

De Blasio pleads to Trump for help with homeless crisis

Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded with President Trump on Sunday for help with the burgeoning homeless situation wreaking havoc throughout the city.

Read more HERE

Also…

Trump slams New York City, California over ‘tremendous’ homeless crisis

“California and New York must do something about their TREMENDOUS Homeless problems,” he wrote.

“If their Governors can’t handle the situation, which they should be able to do very easily, they must call and ‘politely’ ask for help. Would be so easy with competence!”

Read more HERE

HUD: Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) Deadline Reminder

Round 3 Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) Deadline Reminder

There are only 2 days remaining until the application submission deadline for the Round 3 Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) is due. All applications must be submitted by Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 11:59:59 PM EDT.

Applications shall be submitted to Grants.gov unless a waiver has been issued allowing you to submit your application in paper form. Instructions for submitting your paper application will be contained in the waiver of electronic submission. As a reminder, “Received by Grants.gov” means the applicant received a confirmation of receipt and an application tracking number from Grants.gov. Then Grants.gov assigns an application tracking number and date-and time-stamps each application upon successful receipt by the Grants.gov system. A submission attempt not resulting in confirmation of receipt and an application tracking number is not considered received by Grants.gov. For more information, please see Section IV.D. of the Round 3 YHDP NOFA.

HUD strongly recommends applications be submitted as soon as possible and during regular business hours to allow enough time to correct errors or overcome other problems.

If you have questions pertaining to Round 3 YHDP NOFA, please submit your questions to the Ask A Question (AAQ) portal on the HUD Exchange website and select “CoC” from the “My question is related to” drop down list on Step 2 of the question submission process.

The AAQ portal accepts question submissions 24/7. However, responses are usually provided between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except for weekends and federal holidays. Additionally, starting 2 days prior to the application deadline, the AAQ will respond only to emergency technical support questions. To ensure you receive a response to your question, please submit your question via the AAQ no later than 12:00 PM EDT on May 13, 2019. If you have questions related to grants.gov please visit Grants.gov Support for assistance.

Officials: Call 2-1-1 to help people find shelter from cold and ice

Severe Weather Winter Shelters List Here

Outreach teams from King County and the City of Seattle are on patrol around downtown and parts of Capitol Hill to help people on the streets get out of the cold. You can help by dialing 2-1-1.

The King County Emergency Services Patrol, funded by the county and the city, is “operating 24/7 during the weekend to help people who are living on the streets in downtown Seattle” and “out meeting with people who are experiencing homelessness to encourage them to come inside during the winter storm.”

But you can also help out by calling 2-1-1 to let the outreach teams know about somebody who may need help.

You can also call 9-1-1 but reports from some callers say that the emergency dispatchers haven’t treated the shelter shuttle calls as priorities.

The county and the city have increased available shelters and warming facilities through the recent storms and into next week. A roster of severe weather shelters is here.

Read more Capitol Hill Seattle Blog

WINTER SHELTER: Seattle Center’s Exhibition Hall

Homeless man dies of exposure at Seattle light-rail station

Officials and homeless-service providers have been working to try to ensure the survival of thousands of people living unsheltered in King County with a snowstorm expected to hit the region. That’s meant opening shelters and paying for hotel rooms for those who need help.

Seattle planned to keep its emergency overnight shelter at Seattle Center’s Exhibition Hall open through at least Sunday night.

Read more KOMO Website

BEWARE: Fentanyl overdose deaths up 70 percent in Wash., health officials say

Photo from Public Health Seattle & King County shows pills containing fentanyl that were sold on the streets of Seattle.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – The number of people who died from an overdose of illicit fentanyl increased nearly 70 percent this year over last in Washington state, health officials said Wednesday.


NARCAN SPRAY

Read more HERE

Public libraries and YMCAs to get Narcan to prevent opioid overdoses


Narcan, that drug meant to help prevent an opioid overdose, is becoming more readily available.

Seattle police carry it. It’s available at CVS and Walgreens without a prescription. And now, it’s going to be available at thousands of public libraries and YMCAs nationwide.

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Every day, 115 people in the U.S. die because of opioid overdoses.

Read more <HERE

October 15, 2018 – Seattle Neighborhood Business District Safety Forum

OCT 15 Seattle Neighborhood Business District Safety Forum
by SODO BIA
Free

Actions and Detail Panel

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Event Information

DESCRIPTION
The BIAs of Ballard, Chinatown/International District, University District, Pioneer Square, and SODO are collaborating in our efforts to engage with city, county, and state officials to address the increasing challenges our businesses are experiencing with drug dealers/users, public disorder, threatening behaviors and crime toward our customers and employees.

We want to invite you to attend a constructive conversation with our elected officials about the problems and solutions to our public safety concerns.

Questions? Email us at: info@sodoseattle.org

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Agenda:

1. Facilitator Introductions – 5 minutes

2. BIA Panel Presentation – 40 minutes

What BIAs are doing
Crime Stats
Business, employee, and customer concerns
BIA request for action
3. City, County, State responses – 40 minutes

Enforcement
Prosecution
Services
4. Public Comment – 30 minutes

5. Conclusion and Next Steps – 10 minutes

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