Hypothermia Prevention Program

Perhaps all warming centers should focus on prevention of hypothermia. This program really does exist somewhere. I may have to re-think the way I have worded my ask for a warming center. A warming center doesn't focus on hypothermia but that is what I have been talking about all along. I even emailed the city last year with information on hypothermia and why we need 24/7 warming centers. But maybe that is not what we should call it. Maybe we should call it Hypothermia Prevention Program. It entails so much more and saves lives by it's "always open" policies.

Per article (link below) "The Hypothermia Prevention Program shelters will open at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, and will remain available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week through the morning of April 1, 2021. Individual sites will have capacity limitations due to social distancing, but staff will work to ensure that everyone has access to accommodations at one of the county’s shelter locations.

Hypothermia Prevention Program | Homelessness, Office to Prevent and End (fairfaxcounty.gov)

I will be re-think my petition in the coming weeks. I think I may want to ask for a Hypothermia Prevention Program.