County Opens Coggs Building as Warming Center
Human Services building at 1220 W. Vliet St. will be open 24 hours a day over the holiday weekend.
Milwaukee County is opening up the Marcia P. Coggs Human Services Center, 1220 West Vliet St., as a warming center over the holiday weekend.
The site will be open 24 hours a day through the weekend. It’s a partnership between the the American Red Cross, the Milwaukee Health Department, Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management and Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services.
As temperatures began to plummet in December, Milwaukee found itself with only two warming centers. These other two centers are at St. Ben’s Parish, 930 W. State St., and Repairers of the Breach, 1335 W. Vliet St.
Officials are encouraging anyone without shelter, displaced from their home, or in homes without working heat to seek out warming shelters.
Milwaukee County residents are encouraged to call 211 if they or someone else is in need of emergency shelter. The county also has street outreach teams that can make contact and connect someone with emergency shelter. To notify the outreach teams of someone that may need emergency shelter, email outreach@milwaukeecountywi.gov with the location and a description of the person.
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