Severe Weather Shelter Network

The Severe Weather Shelter Network was birthed out of Jefferson County's Heading Home initiative. The collaboration is made up of service providers, county agencies, law enforcement agencies and faith communities all working together to address homelessness. One of them is shelter. The Severe Weather Shelter Network specifically works to provide emergency, overnight shelter on life-threatening win

ter nights for single men, women and couples without children, who are living on the streets or in their cars. The network of churches move to "on-call" status beginning October 1st each season and conclude by April 30th. There are currently 8 Host Sites in our network creating 2 separate rotations. One rotation is in the Lakewood area and the second one is in the Littleton area. There are two churches "on-call" each week in a once a month rotation. All of our guests are screened at the beginning of the season to help ensure we are providing a safe, warm, community environment when they stay at the church. In addition, we work to provide each person with resources and encouragement to help them move to a more safe and stable lifestyle. The Severe Weather Shelter Network is just three years old. Partnering together with other groups and entities, our desire is to see our guests find confidence in themselves again in order to become all God has designed them to be.