Cold Weather Shelter
Micah’s Cold Weather Shelter
A temperature-based overnight shelter for people who would otherwise be outside in freezing weather. Micah’s Cold Weather Shelter operates mid-November through mid-March each year.
The Cold Weather Shelter program operates out of two separate sites: One site serving men and one site serving women.*
The Cold Weather Shelter operates on a temperature basis. Whether the shelter is open each night will depend on temperature, weather parameters, and other factors. This ministry provides a place for homeless men and women to sleep when they would otherwise be outside at risk of freezing to death.
*Men experiencing homelessness spend each open night at 750 Kings Highway. Men access the building through the back door, up the long ramp.
*Women experiencing homelessness spend each open night at FXBG Baptist Church, at 1019 Princess Anne Street.
The entrance to the women’s shelter area of the church is on the Amelia Street side (red door). Women should look for the lit red door and signage for access.
Our Procedures
- All guests must be homeless.
- The Cold Weather Shelter program does not exclude people based on criminal history, substance abuse, disability or other mental health condition, unless the person’s behavior becomes a threat to themselves or others.
- There is no maximum amount of time that a guest may use the shelter.
- For safety reasons, men’s shelter guests must ride the bus, drive themselves or come by taxi/police escort. Walking to the men’s shelter is not permitted. (The women’s shelter site is in a safe pedestrian location, so walking there IS allowed.)
- Guests are not permitted to arrive before the shelter sites open at 6:30 pm.
- Guests must leave the shelter sites during the day, when the bus leaves at at 7:00-7:30 AM. There are no daytime Micah services at either shelter location.
A bus picks up from each evening’s community meal, sponsored by one of the downtown churches. The bus drops off at the shelter sites each night that the shelter is open. The bus returns in the morning to take shelter guests back to town.
To catch the bus, neighbors should attend the community dinner to wait for the bus, which arrives for pickups between 6-6:30 PM, after each night’s dinner ends.
Click here for full community meals information with location addresses.
Guests are permitted to drive themselves or utilize other transportation (taxis, Uber, etc) to the shelter location.
Guests providing their own transportation to the shelter should arrive no earlier than 6:30 PM, and must depart the next morning when the bus departs.
Male guests are not permitted to walk to the shelter. Due to the men’s shelter location, walking is not permitted due to safety.
Female guests may access the women’s site shelter on foot. If arriving on foot, women should arrive between 6:30-7 PM for easiest access.
Upon arrival at the shelter, guests are greeted by a team of church volunteers who set up cots, check people in, and provides a light snack. Searches are conducted upon entry for weapons, drugs, or alcohol. Staff remain on site overnight.
In the winter season 2025-26, Micah Ministries is again operating this program out of two separate sites each open night. One site is provided for men, and one site is provided for women.
Instructions for access and general process are the same for both men and women in the two separate sites.
Case managers conduct periodic visits and outreach at the cold weather shelter. However, the primary mission of the CWS is to provide overnight shelter for those who would be sleeping outside in dangerous temperatures otherwise. No daytime services are provided at either shelter site.
All residents must leave the shelter sites during the day. Further daytime assistance is provided daily from Micah’s hospitality locations at downtown churches, and at Micah’s Neighbor Care Center.