12/02/2024
❄️ 🧊 🥶 Warming Centers Are Open for the Season
💒 💒 Churches in Liberty, Monticello to Be Open 7 Nights a Week
NOW OPEN:
📌 United Methodist Church, 170 North Main Street, Liberty
📌 St. John’s Episcopal Church, 15 St. John Street, Monticello
These facilities will remain open to anyone from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. every night through mid-April
2025.
“While last winter was relatively mild, we continue to have significant usage of both shelters,” noted Sullivan County Health & Human Services Commissioner John Liddle. “The shortage of affordable and supportive housing inventory in the County continues to increase the number of people who utilize the warming centers during the colder months.”
Warming centers in Sullivan County exist to protect unsheltered individuals from the cold of the
winter. Staff are experienced and trained in working with people who have complex and severe service
needs. These locations offer people more than a place to sleep, and human service providers from
across the County chip in to help those in need gain access to medical care and other social service
benefits.
Warming centers also give the vulnerable a place where they can feel safe. The Liberty warming center
is directly across the street from the Village of Liberty police station, and once again the Monticello
warming center will provide onsite security.
Deputy Social Services Commissioner Giselle Steketee added, “We’re very fortunate to have such strong community partners. The teams at the United Methodist Church and the Federation for the Homeless have been exceptionally reliable and supportive.”
