The Carbondale Warming Center is capable of housing up to 40 people in their 12-hour program, which allows guests to arrive at 6 p.m. and stay until 8 the next morning.
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The Carbondale Warming Center wants to help people get jobs.
It's called the Job Resource Center.
The Carbondale Warming Center received gifts today, to help make sure their guests will have a warm holiday season.
CARBONDALE (WSIL) -- Ameren Illinois presented the Carbondale Warming Center with a Holiday Giving Check. That check is for 5,000 dollars.
City leaders say the center is in desperate need of donations.Â
CARBONDALE, IL (WSIL) � The Carbondale Warming Center is getting some much needed help thanks to a big grant. The group, Housing Action Illinois, is awarding 145-thousand dollars to homeless service providers across the state. That includes the warming center which will see a gift of $10,000 to $15,000. These funds will be used to
As the weather warms up, some facilities that typically serve as cooling centers are unable to due to COVID-19.
Organizers say the need for the Carbondale Warming Center is too great to close its doors now as they work to secure funding to become a year-round shelter.
Twenty-four new cots were donated to the Carbondale Warming Center.