{"id":315632,"date":"2026-06-22T14:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/315632\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:28:11","slug":"lee-county-expands-heat-related-assistance-to-the-unhoused-and-other-vulnerable-populations-wgcu-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/315632\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee County expands heat-related assistance to the unhoused and other vulnerable populations | WGCU News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lee County Human & Veteran Services, LeeTran and the Lee County Library System \u2013 as well as other partners \u2013 are offering expanded heat-related assistance to people experiencing homelessness and other vulnerable populations.<\/p>\n

Plans include:<\/p>\n

Monday, Jun. 22, through Wednesday, Jun. 24: Cooling Buses: Lee County Transit (LeeTran) will have a stand-by bus at the locations listed below.<\/p>\n

11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Cape Coral Transfer Station, 820 S.E. 47th Terrace, Cape Coral, FL 33904<\/p>\n

11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Lehigh Acres Park & Ride, 1121 Village Lakes Blvd., Lehigh Acres, FL 33972<\/p>\n

11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Merchants Crossing Transfer Station, near the Applebee\u2019s at 15151 N. Cleveland Ave, North Fort Myers, FL 33903<\/p>\n

Cooling Stations are located throughout Lee County:<\/p>\n

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Additionally, the county\u2019s Housing, Outreach and Treatment (HOT) teams are in the community connecting with individuals experiencing homelessness to provide resources and distribute hot-weather supplies, including drinking water and cooling wraps.<\/p>\n

The Lee County Human & Veteran Services\u2019 (HVS) Reach app, which is a free download on the Apple App Store and Google Play, is a way individuals experiencing homelessness can garner information about heat-relief related services available to them. App users should sign up to receive push alerts to receive timely updates.<\/p>\n

Lee County\u2019s coordinated entry phone line is available to connect individuals to services and resources. Call 239-533-7996 or visit www.leegov.com\/dhs.<\/p>\n

In general, Lee County Government encourages residents to watch for updates from the National Weather Service at www.weather.gov\/tbw\/ as well as to monitor local meteorologists\u2019 reports during these extreme heat conditions.<\/p>\n

Lee County Human & Veteran Services will continue to monitor weather conditions with Lee County Emergency Management staff. The county will work with its nonprofit partners to leverage additional heat-relief related services as necessary. Additional updates will be provided via the Reach app, social media and leegov.com as they become available.<\/p>\n

WGCU is your trusted source for news and information in Southwest Florida. We are a nonprofit public service, and your support is more critical than ever. Keep public media strong and\u00a0donate\u00a0<\/a>now. Thank you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lee County Human & Veteran Services, LeeTran and the Lee County Library System \u2013 as well as other…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-315632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315632","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=315632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}