Cold Weather

Although the weather forecast sounds more like Fall, today is the first day of the Cold Weather Emergency Program. The program, sponsored by Help Hotline and now in its 26th year, runs December 1 through March 31. The Cold Weather Program is a cooperation among many of the agencies that comprise the Mahoning County Homeless Continuum of Care.

Before the kick-off news conference, which was held at the Rescue Mission, representatives from cooperating agencies participated in the annual Homeless Awareness Walk. This year they walked from the Covelli Center in downtown Youngstown, to the Rescue Mission on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.