{"id":137996,"date":"2026-01-30T19:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/137996\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T19:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:28:10","slug":"an-all-hands-on-deck-situation-homeless-outreach-workers-local-shelters-get-the-word-out-about-dangerous-dip-in-degrees-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/137996\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018An all-hands-on-deck situation\u2019: Homeless outreach workers, local shelters get the word out about dangerous dip in degrees &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Some of the most vulnerable on this frigid weekend in South Florida are those without a place to shelter from the cold, but advocates and organizations are helping get the word out about an <a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade\/freeze-watch-issued-for-interior-broward-miami-dade-as-steep-weekend-drop-in-temps-draws-hypothermia-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">imminent, potentially record-breaking cold snap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shelters in Broward and Miami-Dade counties were trying to make room in order to get as many people in as they can before those temperatures start to drop to a dangerous level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though you got knocked down, doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t get back up,\u201d said William Hope with New Hope Corps.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s even harder to do that while sleeping in freezing temperatures, homeless outreach workers said, and this weekend is promising to be brutal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuite candidly, it\u2019s an all-hands-on-deck situation. We have very dangerous temperatures coming to our community,\u201d said Ron Book with the Homeless Trust in Miami-Dade County.<\/p>\n<p>For those who work with the homeless, it\u2019s all about getting people inside.<\/p>\n<p>In Miami, 7News cameras captured Hope signing people up to do just that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI myself went through the shelter system when I was 2 years old, 6 years old, and then again when I was 9,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople don\u2019t understand that these are just people like we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And in both Broward and Miami-Dade, those with nowhere to go will be especially vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the temperatures continue to go down, people begin to realize, \u2018Hey, this is getting too cold for me,&#8217;\u201d said Patrice Paldino with the Broward County Housing Division.<\/p>\n<p>Space and shelters in both counties is limited, but staffers are trying to make as much room as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we bring in extra cots so that we can bring in additional people over the regular capacity of the shelters, to bring in as many people as we can off the streets,\u201d said Paldino. \u201cWe provide blankets, hats, scarves. Today we\u2019ll also be providing some hygiene kits so that people are prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are continuing to work this morning, this afternoon and into the weekend to make as much capacity as we can, so that no one that wants to get off the streets is on the streets,\u201d said Book.<\/p>\n<p>Book said Florida Power &amp; Light is donating hats, gloves and other items for them to hand out there for people who may not be able to get to a shelter.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Some of the most vulnerable on this frigid weekend in South Florida are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-137996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}