Fort Worth opens cold weather resources, shelters for homeless

Dallas weather: Your Sunday morning forecast

Showers ahead of a cold front to sweep across the region Sunday morning, leaving temperatures in the upper 30s and lower 40s Sunday afternoon.

FORT WORTH, Texas - The City of Fort Worth has shelters available for those looking to get out of the cold during the upcoming cold blast. If the normal shelters become full, the city will activate overflow shelters.

What We Know:

Individuals can go to the following locations for shelter:

Presbyterian Night Shelter: 2400 Cypress St.
Union Gospel Mission: 1321 E. Lancaster Ave.
For families, go to:

Families can go to the following location for shelter:

The Salvation Army: 1855 E. Lancaster Ave. (Eligible households to stay at this location must include at least one parent and one child.)

Emergency Overnight Overflow Shelter

If those shelters are full, individuals seeking shelter will be directed to the Flag Building on East Lancaster and will be taken to the overflow shelter location(s).

Daytime Resource

The primary daytime resource for adults experiencing homelessness is True Worth Place, 1513 E. Presidio St., which operates daily from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Unsheltered people are directed to overflow shelter in several ways: street outreach teams, shelter workers, HOPE PD Team, physical signage, and other direct communications. Additionally, people can call 311 and press 9 for the latest update on overflow shelter activation.

What We Don't Know:

We don't know how many days the shelter will be open. The cold weather overflow emergency sheltering program operates from October through March. During that time, weather triggers for emergency overflow shelters are 40 degrees in wet conditions; below 35 degrees in dry conditions; or a wind chill of below 32 degrees for three or more consecutive hours.

A cold front is expected to move through our area on Sunday, and we are going to see freezing temperatures through the week.