Osceola County, Florida, will open three cold weather shelters starting Monday evening due to a forecast of low temperatures. The county’s protocol requires shelters to open when overnight temperatures are expected to drop below 40 degrees Fahrenheit for more than four hours.
The shelters are located at First United Methodist Church St. Cloud (1000 Ohio Avenue, St. Cloud), Iglesia Del Nazareno Casa De Vida (2367 Fortune Road, Kissimmee), and Poinciana Christian Church (3181 Pleasant Hill Road, Kissimmee). All shelters will open at 6 p.m. and are available to people experiencing homelessness.
Faith-based organizations and non-profits are informing people about the shelters and helping with transportation. LYNX buses will provide free rides to the shelters for those who tell the driver their destination. This effort involves the Osceola County Office of Emergency Management, the cities of Kissimmee and St. Cloud, LYNX, the Hope Partnership, the Homeless Services Network of Central Florida, the Osceola Council on Aging, the Salvation Army, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, and other partners…