Updated Jan. 17: This article has been updated to reflect that Denver's overnight shelters will remain open until Saturday, Jan. 20.
The City of Denver will keep its overnight shelters open through Saturday morning.
The Department of Housing Stability announced the news in the wake of a bitterly cold weekend with sub-zero temperatures.
Though the weather's expected to warm up through the week, temperatures will continue to be as low as 12 degrees.
"Cold weather poses a serious danger to people who are unsheltered, and the city encourages people to come inside," the Department of Housing Stability, or HOST, wrote in a statement.
Emergency winter shelters will be open overnight only from 7 p.m. Tuesday through 7 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 20.
If you're looking to get in from the cold, go to one of the city's "front door" shelters, where you can be connected to all the shelters in the city.
Here's where men, women, youth and families can access the shelter system:
- Individual men - Lawrence Street Community Center, 2222 Lawrence St.
- Individual women - Samaritan House, 2301 Lawrence St.
- Youth ages 15-20 - Urban Peak, 2100 Stout St.
- Families in need of shelter should call the Connection Center at 303-295-3366
The winter shelters that are still open include the Navigation Campus and New Directions cold weather shelters. Buses will take people from the St. Francis Center to the shelters and then back during the day.
After 9 p.m., people looking to get out of the cold should go to the Denver Navigation Campus at 4040 Quebec St.
For the latest information about how to get shelter, including day shelters, in Denver, visit the city's shelter access website.
"We don't meet the threshold for daytime emergency warming centers today because the high temperature is forecast at over 20 degrees," HOST spokesperson Derek Woodbury told Denverite Tuesday morning. "However, libraries are always a safe and warm space for people to go."
Find your nearest Denver Public Library here.
