After receiving community feedback, the city lowered the temperature threshold to open the shelters and started giving people experiencing homelessness more of a heads up.

Matrix COC will be offering Cold Weather Emergency Sheltering on Thursday, January 9th at the DeFuniak Springs Community Center. Officials said the shelter, located at 361 N 10th Street, will be open from 5:00 p.

The recent winter storm and freezing temperatures exacerbated the need to provide a warm place to stay for the local homeless community.

Kristy Jocelyn, Executive Director of BASICS United Inc., knows first-hand the importance of providing cold weather shelters to those in need.

VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - LAMP will activate their cold weather shelter ahead of the forecasted freezing temperatures. The shelter will be open daily from 6 p.m. until 7 a.m. for the days of Monday, Jan. 6 through Saturday, Jan. 11. The shelter will be at the LAMP Day Center located at 714 Charlton St in Valdosta.

The city of Dallas announced Sunday it has opened a 900-person shelter inside Fair Park’s Grand Place to offer meals and a safe place to sleep during

Austin mayor held a press conference ahead of the next batch of winter weather moving through Texas. Watch Next .

Read more A north Austin church is opening its doors to people experiencing homelessness overnight as temperatures drop to dangerous levels in Austin. They started Monday night and will continue through Thursday night.