Code Blue
List of warming and respite centers are below notice
A Code Blue Goes into starting Friday, February 16 at 10pm and will end Sunday, February 18 at 10am.
Any household that presents at a shelter outside of CAM business hours (M-F, 8 AM – 6 PM) 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 :
- Let the household remain at the shelter, utilizing an air mattress, extra cots. etc., or another arrangement for overnight accommodations; or
- Secure another shelter bed or destination and arrange for transportation to that shelter.
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.
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.
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Curfews must be lifted to ensure that households can access emergency shelters throughout the night.
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.
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.
Curfews must be lifted to ensure that households can access emergency shelters throughout the night.
Shelter residents cannot be asked to leave the building during the daytime hours when Severe Weather is in effect, no exceptions.
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. This would most likely occur if a client presented at a shelter during the weekend or after CAM business hours. Clients can be referred to CAM the following day for a different shelter bed. If a client becomes physically violent, staff are encouraged to call the police per the usual procedure.
Warming & Respite Centers
Warming centers are open now through March 31 to provide respite from cold weather, plus two meals, showers, sleeping accommodations, and housing assistance services to residents experiencing homelessness. To ensure the safety and security of residents using warming and respite centers, all facilities are supervised at all times.
Warming Centers*
Women and Families
- Cass Community Social Services
1534 Webb, Detroit, MI 48206 - DRMM
G3 Shelter & Warming Center
12900 W Chicago, Detroit, MI 48227
Single Men
- DRMM
3535 Third Ave., Detroit, MI 48201
Saturday, January 13th at 8 AM, a temporary Warming Center will be opened at the Joseph Walker Williams Recreation Center, 8431 Rosa Parks Blvd, Detroit, MI 48206.
Individuals and household members that are in need of somewhere safe to stay can present to this location, as this facility will serve single adults (both male and female) and families. This facility will be operable 24/7 and will be open until further notice.
More warming and respite locations are listed below.
Shelters*
Youth
- Covenant House (Single under 24)
2959 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Detroit 48208 - Alternative for Girls
Families or Single Female- (Under 24)
903 W. Grand Blvd Detroit 48208
Women and Families
- Cass Community Social Services
11850 Woodrow Wilson St, Detroit 48206 - COTS
16630 Wyoming Ave, Detroit 48221 - DRMM
G3 Shelter & Warming Center
12900 W Chicago, Detroit 48227 - Salvation Army Booth
3737 Lawton St, Detroit, MI 48208 - NSO (Single Females only)
3426 Mack Ave, Detroit, MI 48207
Single Men
- DRMM
3rd St 3535 3rd Ave, Detroit, MI 48201 - St. John’s
14320 Kercheval Ave, Detroit, MI 48215
- Note these shelters are only available for after hours walk-ins during the dates and times of Code Blue alerts in Detroit
- When Code Blue is lifted, if there is no available shelter space, the guest(s) may be asked to leave.
- These are only available as walk-ins outside of CAM operating hours: Monday – Friday from 8 AM – 6 PM.
Respite Centers
Detroit Recreation Centers
- 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-Fri from 8 AM – 9 PM; Sat 10 AM – 6 PM
- Patton Recreation Center, 2301 Woodmere, Mon-Fri from 8 AM – 8 PM
- Kemeny Recreation Center, 2260 S. Fort, Mon-Fri from 8 AM – 8 PM
- Crowell Recreation Center, 16630 Lahser, Mon-Fri from 1 – 9 PM
- Heilmann Recreation Center, 19601 Crusade, Mon-Fri from 8 AM – 8 PM
Detroit Library Branches 
- Bowen Branch, 3648 W. Vernor
- Mon, Wed & Sat, 10 AM – 6 PM; Tues & Thurs, 12 PM – 8 PM
- Campbell Branch, 8733 W. Vernor Hwy
- Mon & Wed, 12 PM – 8 PM; Tues, Thurs & Sat, 10 AM – 6 PM
- Chandler Park Branch, 12800 Harper
- Mon, Wed & Sat from 10 AM – 6 PM; Thurs 12 PM – 8 PM
- Chaney Branch, 16101 Grand River
- Mon, Wed & Sat, 10 AM – 6 PM; Tues & Thurs from 12PM – 8 PM
- Duffield Branch, 2507 W. Grand Blvd
- Mon, Wed & Sat from 10 AM – 6 PM; Tues & Thurs, 12PM – 8 PM
- Edison Branch, 18400 Joy Road
- Mon & Wed from 12 PM- 8 PM; Tues, Thurs & Sat from 10 AM – 6 PM
- Elmwood Park Branch, 550 Chene
- Mon, Wed & Sat from 10 AM – 6 PM; Tues & Thurs from 12 PM- 8 PM
- Franklin Branch, 13651 E. McNichols
- Mon, Wed & Sat from 10 AM – 6 PM; Tues & Thurs from 12 PM – 8 PM
- Hubbard Branch, 12929 W. McNichols
- Mon. & Wed. from 12 PM – 8 PM; Tues, Thurs & Sat from 10 AM – 6 PM
- Jefferson Branch, 12350 E. Outer Drive
- Mon & Wed from 12 PM- 8 PM; Tues, Thurs & Sat from 10 AM – 6 PM
- Knapp Branch, 13330 Conant
- Mon, Wed & Sat from 10 AM – 6 PM; Tues & Thurs from 12 PM- 8 PM
- Lincoln Branch, 1221 E. Seven Mile Road
- Mon & Wed from 12 PM – 8 PM; Tues, Thurs & Sat from 10 AM – 6 PM
- Parkman Branch, 1766 Oakman Blvd
- Mon & Wed from 12 PM – 8 PM; Tues, Thurs & Sat from 10 AM – 6 PM
- Redford Branch, 21200 Grand River Ave
- Mon & Wed from 12 PM – 8 PM; Tues, Thurs & Sat from 10 AM – 6 PM
- Sherwood Forest Branch, 7117 W. 7 Mile Road
- Mon, Wed & Sat from 10 AM – 6 PM; Tues & Thurs from 12 PM – 8 PM
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