Louisville Homeless Services Plan for Inclement Weather and city-wide Warming Centers

With inclement weather predicted for our area in the coming days, our team at Homeless Services Division have come up with a plan to care for our vulnerable houseless population. That plan is pasted below in this email and can be found at this web page: https://louisvilleky.gov/news/homeless-services-division-plans-inclement-weather. Please feel free to share this information with others. The web page will be updated as necessary.

Louisville Metro’s Homeless Services Division has been working on a plan to keep our homeless population safe during the winter storm that is predicted to affect Louisville next week. 

 

Operation White Flag

Our plan includes the use of local shelters participating in Operation White Flag, which goes into effect during extreme cold. Currently, Louisville has two participating White Flag locations:

Salvation Army

• White Flag is available for single men and women. 
• Located at 911 S. Brook St.
• White Flag check-in begins at 6pm and continues until 10pm depending on availability. 
• A person can make a reservation for White Flag at the Salvation Army by calling the Coordinated Shelter Access line at 637-2337 between 10am and 1pm, 7 days a week. A reservation is not required, but will guarantee a bed. 
• Capacity is 30 beds for men and 10 beds for women.
• Additionally, the Day Shelter is open Monday – Friday, 9am-3:30pm and meals are available prior to shelter check in at 5pm and after check out each morning. 

 

Wayside Christian Mission

• White Flag is available for single men, women, and families.
• Check-in for White Flag begins at the time White Flag is called for the day. 
• No reservations are needed for Wayside during White Flag conditions; it is first come, first serve.
• Wayside capacity is around 200, with mats available to the first 100. 

 

Warming Centers

Thanks to a generous donation from Delta Dental of Kentucky, there will be two day-warming centers available during this period of extreme weather:

Starting on Sunday, January 5, 2025

Hope International AOH Church of God

2330 Algonquin Pkwy.

Open Sunday 2pm-5pm

Open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm

(502) 830-4710

 

Starting on Monday, January 6, 2025

Exodus Family Ministries

4205 Cane Run Rd.

Open Monday and Tuesday 10am-3pm

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 9am-4pm

(502) 614-8544

(502) 823-8870

 

There will also be warming space at Neighborhood Places during normal business hours.

On Sunday, January 5, the following Louisville Free Public Library locations will be open from 1-5pm:

• Main, 301 York Street
• Northeast Regional, 15 Bellevoir Circle
• South Central Regional, 7300 Jefferson Boulevard
• Southwest Regional, 9725 Dixie Highway
• Bon Air, 2816 Del Rio Place
• Iroquois, 601 West Woodlawn Avenue
• St. Matthews, 3940 Grandview Avenue
• Shawnee, 3912 West Broadway

The Main Library and regional library locations will reopen Monday at 9am. All other library locations will open at 10am Monday.