Hillsborough County\u2019s cold weather shelters will be activated on Tuesday, March 17, for the homeless and those living in homes without adequate heat who are unable to find other accommodations.<\/p>\n
Hillsborough County activates cold weather shelters when the National Weather Service forecasts temperatures to dip to or below 40 degrees with wind chill for two consecutive hours between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., which is forecasted to occur Tuesday night in Hillsborough County.<\/p>\n
Shelter organizers are expecting high demand with limited capacity, so residents who need a warm place to stay are encouraged to use all resources, such as family and friends, as a first option.<\/p>\n
Hillsborough County is partnering with the following organizations to provide limited-capacity cold weather shelters for adults. All shelters will take in guests from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, unless they reach capacity prior to that time.<\/p>\n
Hyde Park United Methodist Church \u2013 Harnish Center<\/p>\n
500 W. Platt St., Tampa, FL 33606<\/p>\n
Tampa Bay Mission of Hope<\/p>\n
110 S. Parsons Blvd., Brandon, FL 33511<\/p>\n
Church of God of Prophecy Hyde Park<\/p>\n
107 S. Oregon Ave., Tampa, FL 33606<\/p>\n
The Portico<\/p>\n
1001 N. Florida Ave., Tampa, FL 33602<\/p>\n
All congregate shelters are reserved for adults only. Metropolitan Ministries is supplying a limited number of motel vouchers on a first-come, first-served basis for families with minor children.<\/p>\n
Pre-registration is required for motel vouchers by calling (813) 209-1176. Phone lines will be open Tuesday, March 17, until 5 p.m. or until all available vouchers have been distributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hillsborough County\u2019s cold weather shelters will be activated on Tuesday, March 17, for the homeless and those living…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[27926,66625,37942,66626,28,276,1192,45629,2072,66627,135,137,136,221],"class_list":["post-195139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-atmosphere","tag-atmospheric-sciences","tag-cold-weather-shelter","tag-earth-sciences","tag-florida","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-homelessness","tag-meteorology","tag-national-weather-service","tag-physical-geography","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195139","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=195139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}