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Buses act as free cooling and warming stations during extreme weather during normal business hours. Anyone who needs a place to stay warm or cool is encouraged to use these buses as warming/cooling centers or to ride a bus to a safe location.

Stations:
- Warming: When the wind chill is zero or below, rides on all local fixed route buses are free
- Cooling: When the heat index is 100 degrees or higher, rides on all local fixed route buses are free

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Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Local Bus Services
Extreme Cold Warming Centers

All DHS offices across the state are open for people to use as a warm/cool place to stay during office hours.

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Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Extreme Cold Warming Centers

All DHS offices across the state are open for people to use as a warm/cool place to stay during office hours.

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Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Extreme Cold Warming Centers

Provides heated facilities during cold weather and air conditioned facilities during hot weather.

Warming and cooling center is located at St. John's Breadline at 430 North 5th Street, Springfield, IL.

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Extreme Cold Warming Centers
Extreme Heat Cooling Centers

Warming center available on days when temperatures are below freezing (32 degrees Fahrenheit). Men, women, and families are welcome to the space without residing in the center itself. Lunch and dinner are available to guests at 12 pm and 6 pm. All guests will have access to any Open Door Mission partner agencies on-site.

Must complete intake if staying overnight.

Offers daytime homeless services including, use of shower, laundry, provision of clothing (if available), and case management.

Also acts as a warming center during general intake hours.

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Case/Care Management
Homeless Drop In Centers
Extreme Cold Warming Centers
General Clothing Provision
Provides heated facilities during cold weather and air conditioned facilities during hot weather.

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Extreme Cold Warming Centers
Extreme Heat Cooling Centers

Serves as a warming center for those in need of protection from the cold.

Provides heated facilities during cold weather and air conditioned facilities during hot weather.

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Extreme Cold Warming Centers
Extreme Heat Cooling Centers

All DHS offices across the state are open for people to use as a warm/cool place to stay during office hours.

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Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Extreme Cold Warming Centers
Village Hall serves as a warming and cooling center during extreme weather, during business hours.

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Extreme Cold Warming Centers
Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Can be used as a warming and cooling center in extreme weather during business hours.

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Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Extreme Cold Warming Centers
Provides heated facilities during cold weather and air conditioned facilities during hot weather. These centers are only activated for extended periods of unusual weather.

Overnight emergency warming center that provides a blanket but no beds or additional services.

Individuals are permitted to stay in the lobby and use a restroom but not pass through the security door unless it is for the breakfast meal.

Offers shelter from the extreme heat at the Public Health Department.

Serves as a temporary warming center during extreme cold weather events and as a cooling center during extreme hot weather events as long as they are not holding another event that day.

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Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Extreme Cold Warming Centers
Warming/Cooling Centers are utilized during extreme heating or cooling events. These locations include public libraries, shopping centers, and community/senior centers.

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Extreme Cold Warming Centers
Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Harlem Community Center serves as a warming center during regular hours in the winter months.
Provides heated facilities during cold weather and air conditioned facilities during hot weather.

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Extreme Cold Warming Centers
Extreme Heat Cooling Centers

All DHS offices across the state are open for people to use as a warm/cool place to stay during office hours.

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Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Extreme Cold Warming Centers

All DHS offices across the state are open for people to use as a warm/cool place to stay during office hours.

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Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Extreme Cold Warming Centers

Provides daily services for homeless, low-income, and recently incarcerated individuals, including meals, showers, and a safe environment. The center assists with obtaining state identification, birth certificates, and social security applications.

Employment information and guidance are available, along with bus tickets (subject to daily availability), clothing, and opportunities for community service. Cold breakfast, lunch, and water are provided daily.

During periods of extreme weather, the center serves as a warming or cooling center, offering a heated or air-conditioned environment to protect individuals from extreme cold or heat. Water and other liquids are available to prevent dehydration.

The center is not a shelter or food bank.

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Soup Kitchens
Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Employment Related Transportation
Personal/Grooming Needs
Transportation Expense Assistance
Homeless Drop In Centers
Extreme Cold Warming Centers
Ex-Offender Employment Programs
Ex-Offender Counseling
Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
General Clothing Provision

All DHS offices across the state are open for people to use as a warm/cool place to stay during office hours.

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Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Extreme Cold Warming Centers

All DHS offices across the state are open for people to use as a warm/cool place to stay during office hours.

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Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Extreme Cold Warming Centers

Offers access to informational, educational, and recreational resources to the community, including online resources, genealogy, and language learning. The library also offers free access to computers, Wi-Fi, meeting spaces, and events for all ages.

PRINTING, COPYING, SCANNING, FAX SERVICES: individuals may print files from the library's computers or by using the remote printing service to print from any mobile device, laptop, or home computer to the library's printers. (Documents will be saved in the print queue for 2 days.)

  • B&W Print or Copy: $.10/page
  • Color Print or Copy: $.50/page
  • Scan to Email or USB: Free
  • Fax: $.50/page
  • Page sizes available are Letter size (8.5" by 11") or Legal size (8.5" by 14") paper. 1-sided printing and copying only.


WARMING CENTER: During extreme cold, the library may be used as a warming center.

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Library Services
Extreme Cold Warming Centers
Public Internet Access Sites