Evonne
M. Klein, commissioner of the state Department of Housing, reactivated the
severe weather protocols for Connecticut on Monday Jan. 6, 2014. The protocols are activated through
Wednesday, the commissioner said.
The protocols are:
Anyone
in need of shelter should contact 2-1-1 for assistance in locating a shelter
placement.
If
a shelter is unable to make room for a client, that shelter can call 2-1-1 for
assistance with transportation and overflow shelter possibilities.
3 2-1-1
may contact a shelter even after the shelter has reported that it is
full. The 2-1-1 call specialist will ask that shelter to identify an
existing client to send to a hotel, thereby creating an available slot for a
client referred by 2-1-1. Call specialists will not offer hotel
stays to callers directly: 2-1-1 will work exclusively through shelters, who
will identify current shelter clients for hoteling if and only if necessary to
create space for new clients in urgent need of shelter.
5 Please
post this protocol by your phones to ensure that staff on other shifts are
aware of this effort through Saturday morning.
Thank you! Please contact CCEH if you have any questions
or need help. You may reach Lisa Tepper Bates, CCEH Executive Director,
during the weather emergency at 860-389-3495.
