Mass Care

Title County Town Type Body Contact
New Beginnings Androscoggin Lewiston Warming Center

New Beginnings, 436 Main Street, Lewiston, ME 04240

Open as a Warming Center, 8pm - 8am (ages 18-24)
City of Lewiston Warming Shelter Androscoggin Lewiston Warming Center, Other

The  City of Lewiston’s Warming Shelter, at 551 Lincoln Street, is open 8pm to 8am
South Parish Congregational Church Kennebec Augusta Warming Center

 

The South Parish Congregational Church offers a warming center in Augusta, Maine.

  Phone: 207-213-6637 - 

Email: southparishwarmingcenter@gmail.com

Address: 34 Bridge St. Augusta ME 04330

Mailing Address: 9 Church St. Augusta ME 04330

Here is the Link:

https://link.edgepilot.com/s/1cfbf513/M_q0q-UpJkuBYFCBzvKtPg?u=https://southparishchurch.com/overnight-warming-center-1
Health Acadia Hancock Ellsworth Warming Center, Other


“Healthy Acadia at 24 Church Street in Ellsworth is open as a warming center serving people from Hancock and Washington counties. We are open the last two weekends in November, the 22, 23, and 29, from 4 pm to 6:30 am. We are open seven nights a week from 4 pm to 6:30 am, December 1st through April 30th. Our overnight warming center offers a safe, warm space for housing insecure community members in Hancock and Washington counties. Meals, snacks, and beverages are available. 

The primary contact for the warming center is Tracy Crossman at tracy.crossman@healthyacadia.org and Paige Johnston at paige@healthyacadia.org If you have any questions, please feel free to email us.”

 
First Parish Church Cumberland Portland Warming Center, Other

The City of Portland, in conjunction with Commonspace, is opening an overnight Warming Shelter this Wednesday-Thursday.

This shelter is opened as a temporary overnight warming shelter for unsheltered adults during periods of extreme cold or excessive snow, in addition to the permanent emergency shelters available to individuals experiencing homelessness 365 days a year.

First Parish Church
425 Congress St.
Portland, ME
Entrance through the red door in “freshman alley” by Portland High School

Hours:
Open 7pm Wednesday, Jan 15th - 7am Thursday, Jan 16th

Contact: 207-823-4273 (Commonspace)

 
Trinity Jubilee Center Androscoggin Lewiston Warming Center

Trinity Jubilee Center, 247 Bates Street, Lewiston, ME 04240, 207-782-5700

Open as a Warming Center. Monday-Saturday 7:30am-3pm

A Warming Center is a facility that has been opened for short term operations due to a specific emergency or event. They are normally opened when temperatures or a combination of precipitation, wind chill, wind and temperatures have or may become dangerous. Their paramount purpose is the prevention of death and injury related to exposure to the elements. Warming centers can help stranded motorists, or residents that have lost critical services. Some warming centers may provide limited food, showers, charging stations and places to rest.

A Cooling Center is a facility that has been opened for short term operations due to a specific emergency or event. They are normally opened when hot temperatures may become dangerous. 

A General Population shelter (aka Emergency shelter) is a place for people to live temporarily when they cannot live in their current residence. The main difference between a warming center and emergency shelter is that an emergency shelter typically specializes in people fleeing a specific type of situation, such as natural or man-made disasters. Another difference from a warming center is that people staying in emergency shelters are provided places to sleep and/or eat for an extended period. If the shelter is run by the Red Cross facilities are ADA compliant and non-acute medical care and disaster mental health services are available.