City of Fort Worth, TX

02/16/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/16/2025 13:56

Cold weather resources and shelters for the homeless

Cold weather resources and shelters for the homeless

Published on February 16, 2025

Another round of very cold temperatures are rolling in Tuesday night, and the City of Fort Worth is reminding the community about resources to support and protect those experiencing homelessness.

City of Fort Worth works collaboratively with multiple City departments, regular emergency shelter operators, public safety and emergency management, overflow shelter operator When We Love, and Trinity Metro to implement a plan that ensures shelter demand will not exceed capacity during a cold weather activation.

Regular emergency shelters

Individuals seeking shelter should first report to existing emergency shelters.

For individuals, go to:

  • Presbyterian Night Shelter: 2400 Cypress St.
  • Union Gospel Mission: 1321 E. Lancaster Ave.

For families, go to:

  • The Salvation Army: 1855 E. Lancaster Ave. (Eligible households to stay at this location must include at least one parent and one child.)

Emergency cold weather overflow shelter

When weather triggers are met, staff activates additional locations with overflow beds as needed. If individuals arrive at regular emergency shelters and beds are full, they will be relocated to available overflow beds at one of the available additional emergency shelter locations.

So far this winter, there have been 24 nights that met cold weather triggers for overflow shelter operations. On nights that the overflow shelter was activated, the overflow shelter averaged 90 guests per night. The peak night of shelter usage so far this season was Thursday, Jan. 9, overnight. On that night, across all shelters in Fort Worth there were 1,236 people in overnight shelter, including 140 at the City of Fort Worth overflow shelter.

To check to see if cold weather overflow shelters have been activated, call 311 and press 9.

Daytime resource

The primary daytime resource for adults experiencing homelessness is True Worth Place, 1513 E. Presidio St., which operates daily from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Find more information about local homeless resources and services on the Homeless Strategies webpage.

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