{"id":325890,"date":"2026-07-01T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/325890\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T13:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T13:00:28","slug":"lee-county-offers-free-heat-relief-for-homeless-residents-this-summer-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/325890\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee County offers free heat relief for homeless residents this summer | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK)\u2014 Lee County Human &amp; Veteran Services is continuing its partnership with the Lee County Library System, LeeTran and United Way Resiliency Hubs to offer heat-related assistance to people experiencing homelessness and other vulnerable populations this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Lee County Library locations offer a cool respite during daytime temperature highs. Operating hours and a full list of locations are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leegov.com\/library\/branches\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.leegov.com\/library\/branches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>United Way Resiliency Hubs are also available throughout the county for people seeking relief from the heat. Resiliency Hubs that are typically open include:<\/p>\n<p>Goodwill Industries in Charleston Park\u00a0Literacy Council Gulf Coast in Bonita SpringsGoodwill Industries West Cape CoralChildren&#8217;s Advocacy Center of SWFL &#8211; Palm Beach BoulevardCommunity CooperativeFranklin Park ElementaryThe Heights Center, Pine Manor Improvement AssociationTice United Way Resiliency Hub at Goodwill IndustriesLehigh Community ServicesBeacon of Hope Pine IslandF.I.S.H of Sanibel-Captiva<\/p>\n<p>The county&#8217;s Housing, Outreach and Treatment teams will continue work throughout July as needed to connect with individuals experiencing homelessness to provide resources and distribute hot-weather supplies. These supplies include drinking water and cooling wraps.<\/p>\n<p>Lee County Transit periodically may provide stand-by cooling buses, depending on bus availability and heat. Individuals experiencing homelessness can download the free Lee County Human &amp; Veteran Services&#8217; Reach app from the Apple App Store or Google Play to keep up with heat-relief related services.<\/p>\n<p>App users should sign up to receive push alerts to receive timely updates. Lee County&#8217;s coordinated entry phone line is available to connect individuals to services and resources at 239-533-7996 or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leegov.com\/dhs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.leegov.com\/dhs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK)\u2014 Lee County Human &amp; Veteran Services is continuing its partnership with the Lee County&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,28,897,134774,134775,134776],"class_list":["post-325890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-florida","tag-fort-myers","tag-lee-county-human-veteran-services","tag-lee-county-library-system","tag-united-way-resiliency-hubs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325890","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=325890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}