Community Resource Information - Shelter Code Blue Status

[Simmons, Larry]

please see below. Please forward to your friends, neighbors and constituents.  This weather kills and squatters are IMMEDIATELY at risk  Please notify Brightmoor Alliance if you need someone to visit a squatters' location.

you may email lsim...@brightmooralliance.org or Rh...@brightmooralliance.org or leave a message at 313.766.6041

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From: David Wilson <david....@detroitk12.org>

Good morning Faith-Based Partners, 

Please see the below email from @Michelle Parker from the Office of Homelessness and Foster Care, please share with your community members

• Shelters will be in a Code Blue Status until further notice.

See attached. The stand-by shelter will open at other times throughout the winter when necessary but please note the dates in the flyer.  Once this closes, the other shelters will still be in Code Blue and expected to accept residents during this time. 

• Also, please note from 2PM Sunday 1/19/2025 - 2PM Wednesday 1/22/2025 a "Stand-By" shelter will be activated by DRMM at 13130 Woodward Ave, Highland Park, and will be accepting residents of all household compositions at this location.
• If a facility is at capacity, shelters can direct clients to the Stand-By shelter the following business day morning. Shelter providers must ensure client/residents have a safe way to get to the shelter (Explain this is an extremely time-limited resource).

***See below for all Code Blue expectations:***

 

• PLEASE NOTE: No homeless individual/household seeking shelter should be denied due to the danger of being unsheltered in these temperatures. 

 

See the National Weather Service for more weather information: www.weather.gov 

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Shelter staff should be prepared for additional clients and is following the Code Blue expectations listed below:

• Shelter residents cannot be asked to leave the building during the daytime or nighttime hours when Code Blue is in effect. The only exception is If a client becomes physically violent and is an immediate danger to themselves or others, staff are encouraged to call the police per the usual procedure. This incident should be well documented for possible further review.
• Curfews must be lifted to ensure that households can access emergency shelters throughout the night.  
• If a household wants to leave the shelter, staff must ensure that the household has safe transportation and a safe place they will be arriving at. This can be accomplished by providing bus tickets, making sure the household can call family/friends or transportation services, or providing direct transportation through agency vehicles
   
• No shelter suspensions or bans can be carried out during severe weather – clients who have been banned can return to the shelter for the night in question, if necessary. 

 

• Per existing protocol, any household that presents at a shelter outside of CAM business hours is allowed to stay at the shelter for that night, as long as space permits. If a shelter does not have space during severe weather, the agency must either a) let the household remain at the shelter, utilizing an air mattress, extra cots. etc., or another arrangement for overnight accommodations; or b) secure another shelter bed or destination and arrange for transportation to that shelter.  
• Emergency Shelters and Warming Centers are required to take as many clients as possible, within the Building, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department (BSEED) restrictions and capacity allows.

 

• Anyone in need of a shelter bed can walk into an emergency shelter or warming center without undergoing a complete HMIS intake for the night in question.
  
  
• Once the Code Blue is lifted, shelters can direct clients to the nearest CAM access point for assessment and referral.
• CAM Access 313-305-0311 Points Code Blue – CAM

  Code Blue – CAM - CAM Detroit Adams Butzel Complex, 10500 Lyndon, Mon-Fri from 8 AM – 8 PM; Butzel Family Center, 7737 Kercheval Avenue, Mon-Fri from 11 AM – 7 PM; Clemente Recreation Center, 2631 Bagley, Mon-Fri from 1 – 9 PM; Farwell Recreation Center, 2711 E. Outer Drive, Mon-Fri from 11 AM – 7 PM; Lasky Recreation Center, 13200 Fenelon, Mon-Fri from 12 PM – 8 PM; Northwest Activities Center, 18100 Meyers, Mon ... camdetroit.org

  
  

Shelter Provider Contacts
Organization	Address(s)	Population Served
Alternatives for Girls (AFG)	903 W. Grand Blvd. Detroit, MI 48208	Single women ages 18-24 Single parenting women ages 18-24
All Things Women	14750 St. Mary St. Detroit, MI 48227	Single women
Cass Community Social Servies (Cass)	2015 Webb Ave. Detroit, MI 48206 (Fox family shelter & warming center) 11850 Woodrow Wilson St. Detroit, MI 48206 (rotating shelter)	Fox center year-round family shelter & warming center - Familes with or without children Woodrow Wilson rotating - Single women
Coalition on Temporary Shelter (COTS)	16630 Wyoming Ave. Detroit, MI 48221	Families
Covenant House Michigan	2959 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Detroit, MI 48208	Single youth males & females (ages 18-24)
DRMM St. James/Gratiot DRMM Oasis DRMM Third St. Shelter & Warming Center DRMM Genesis House II/W. Chicago Shelter & Warming Center	DRMM St. James/Gratiot - 15063 Gratiot Ave. Detroit, MI 48205 DRMM Oasis - 13220 Woodward Ave. Highland Park, MI 48203 DRMM Third St. - 3535 Third St. Detroit, MI 48201 DRMM Genesis House II/W. Chicago - 12900 W. Chicago St. Detroit, MI 48228	St. James/Gratiot - Single women & families Oasis - Single men Third Street - Single men Genesis HouseII/W. Chicago - Single women & families
Methodist Childrens Home Society (MCHS)	1600 Blaine St. Detroit, MI 48206	Parenting youth (ages 18-24)
Michigan Veterans Foundation (MVF)	4626 Grand River Ave. Detroit, MI 48208	Veteran single men
Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO)	3364 Mack Ave. Detroit, MI 48207	Single women
Salvation Army	3737 Humboldt St. Detroit, MI 48208	Single women & families
Operation Welcome Home (OWH)	30 Lawrence St. Detroit, MI 48202	Single women

David Wilson Program Supervisor

Detroit Public Schools Community District Office of Family & Community Engagement 16164 Asbury Park Detroit, MI 48235

Office: (313) 651-3789 Cell: (313) 722-6605 David....@detroitk12.org

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[Askew, Rhonda]

Good morning,

Received.

PEACE!

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Early Childhood Outreach Specialist
Rhonda Askew
313-826-8272
rho...@brightmooralliance.org