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From YouTube: Emergency Winter Shelter
Description
Information on the emergency winter shelter in Arlington VA
A
The
emergency
winter,
shelter
and
purpose
is
to
provide
shelter
for
clients
overnight
doing
the
hypothermia
season.
The
hypothermia
season
generally
runs
around
I
November,
the
first
through
March
31st
Arlington
County
has
a
really
strong
commitment,
as
other
jurisdictions
do
to
providing
that
little
emergency
spot
every
night,
we're
located
at
20
49
north
15th
streets,
which
is
across
the
street
from
Arlington
County
Jail
on
King,
County
Courthouse
and
behind
Clarendon
Boulevard.
We
open
at
four
o'clock
every
evening
we
take
in
women
and
men.
A
Not
only
do
we
provide
actual
shelter
beds,
laundry
showers
and
food,
we
also
provide
treatment
on
wheels
services
which
provides
mental
health
services
to
our
clients.
We
also
provide
substance
abuse
services.
Many
of
our
clients
present
is
co-occurring,
meaning
that
they
present
with
mental
illnesses
and
substance
abuse.
A
We
wanted
to
provide
services
for
those
folks
who
are
wanting
services.
So
when
I
mentioned
treatment
on
wheels,
they
are
caseworkers
social
workers
who
provide
mental
health
services
for
homeless
individuals,
particularly
the
chronically
homeless
individuals.
We
always
need
donations
right
now,
we're
in
need
of
sleeping
bags
because
we're
preparing
for
an
extra
overflow.
We
always
need
towels.
A
We
need
washcloths
need
trial,
size,
toothpaste,
trial,
size
or
travel,
size
bars
of
soap,
and
if
they
want
to
donate
them,
they
can
drop
them
off
here
at
2049,
North
fifteenth
Street
or
they
can
drop
them
off
at
the
residential
program
center
at
1554
columbia.
Pike.
Please
note
that
if
you
want
to
drop
them
off
here,
the
ews
we
are
only
open
at
four
o'clock
every
evening
monday.
A
Through
sunday
we
accept
volunteers,
they
can
call
and
leave
their
number
and
their
names
at
703,
228
00
17,
and
they
can
speak
with
our
volunteer
coordinator,
juliet
suru.
We
are
so
grateful
for
the
support
that
we
are
receiving
from
the
arlington
county
community.
It
has
been
truly
overwhelming.
We
have
had
support
on
Christmas
Thanksgiving.