Health Promotion Strategies

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.”

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The Catskill region is home to diverse communities, ecological areas and critical resources, including the Bashakill Wildlife Management Area located along the Route 17 corridor🌞🌻🌷

The New York State Department of Transportation along with Governor Hochul's administration and the Federal Government are proposing a $1 billion expansion project that could widen 30 miles of Route 17 in Sullivan and Orange County. Instead of a highway expansion, Catskill Mountainkeeper and our allies urge New York to develop an alternate vision for the Route 17 corridor’s transportation and economic needs aligned with State and Federal climate laws. Stand with us and show NYSDOT that we have strength in numbers! Use the the link below to make your voice heard🗣🔗



Photo credit: Jackie Broder 📸

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