Denver is expanding its homeless shelter offerings from Monday afternoon through Wednesday morning as cold weather and snow threaten residents sleeping outdoors.
The city faces a 50% chance of snow on Monday night, with temperatures expected to drop to 19 degrees, followed by more snow Tuesday and an overnight low of 11 degrees. according to the National Weather Service.
Individual men seeking shelter should go to the Denver Rescue Mission Lawrence Street Community Center at 2222 Lawrence St., while individual women can find shelter through Samaritan House at 2301 Lawrence St.
Teens and young adults between the ages of 15 and 20 can find shelter at Urban Peak, located at 1630 S. Acoma St. Families looking for shelter can call Denver’s Connection Center at 303-295-3366.
Other spaces offering shelter include the Stone Creek shelter, formerly the Best Western hotel, at 4595 Quebec St. and city facilities at 2601 W. 7th Ave. and 375 S. Zuni St. Additional overflow shelter will be available through the St. Charles Recreation Center at 3777 Lafayette St.
While the extension of shelter offerings is scheduled to run from 1 p.m. Monday to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Denver’s Department of Housing Stability wrote in a news release that “an additional extension may be possible pending future weather forecasts.”
Snow is also likely Saturday night and possibly Sunday morning in Denver, with forecasters predicting an accumulation of one to five inches and an overnight low of 16.