When weather reaches extremely cold temperatures, Philadelphia enacts a Code Blue. During a Code Blue, the City takes special measures to keep people who are homeless safe. These measures include:

• 24-hour outreach to find people who are homeless and transport them to safe indoor spaces.
• Opening all available beds within the emergency housing network to people who are homeless.
• Allowing homeless people to stay inside emergency housing throughout the day.

If you see a person who appears to be homeless during a Code Blue, call the City’s Homeless outreach hotline at (215) 232-1984.

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