Winter Shelter
The Folsom Winter Shelter is a joint effort with local churches to offer temporary, emergency shelter for homeless people in Folsom, providing a warm, dry place to sleep, a hot meal, and friendly companionship.
The Folsom Winter Shelter (FWS) operates for 2-3 months each year. This year we will operate from January through March. We are the only shelter meeting the needs of homeless individuals in Folsom.
FWS is a nomad shelter, meaning it has no devoted space but utilizes space graciously provided by faith communities in the city. The shelter is staffed by volunteers (over 350 last year) who commit to deliver the services needed to provide safety, shelter, food and transportation to individuals in need. The FWS also gives us an opportunity to meet people and listen to them; perhaps offering help that they didn’t know was available through some of our other HART programs.
We need your help in financing this shelter. There is need of sanitizing and health products, clothing, dinner and breakfast foods, gas and maintenance of HART van, insurance, toiletries, sleeping bags and cots, first aid supplies, and we are hoping to support a shower trailer this year for our guests.
We are blessed to have some items donated at times but we need your financial contributions to make the FWS a success. Our budget this year is $7,500.
We are committed to this program and to spend all funds in a responsible manner. Can you help us provide for Folsom residents who need, for various reasons, our assistance? This may be the best gift you give this year!
GUEST Information
Folsom Winter Shelter
January 2 – March 9, 2025
Are you?
- Currently unhoused?
- 18 and older?
- Living in Folsom?
If so, please come to the annual Folsom Winter Shelter.
Faith communities in Folsom provide an overnight stay which includes dinner, cot/sleeping bag/pillow, breakfast and a to-go lunch each day. Many of the sites will have laundry and showers. The shelter also provides regular visits by local resources that can work with you to discuss options for finding permanent housing, a job, or other services you might need.
How does it work?
Check-In runs each day starting at 5:00pm, at the Upper Rodeo area, in the Library parking lot on Stafford Street. Check-in ends at 5:45pm.
We have a storage pod for your belongings. You can take a clear bag of personal items with you to the shelter. The storage pod is securely locked overnight.
Van drivers will transport you to the shelter each evening and return you to the Intake site each morning at 7:20am. You will get your stored items out of the storage pod.
We do not allow drugs or alcohol at the shelter site.
We look forward to serving you or anyone you know who is unhoused in Folsom and need a warm, safe, secure place to spend the night.
What we do
We Reduce Homelessness in Folsom!
- Create programs where we can build relationships with homeless men and women in Folsom.
- Utilize the Folsom Winter Shelter to build trust and relationships with unhoused individuals and stabilize those in crisis.
- Provide professional case management with wrap around services to all clients.
- Provide clear/easy access to local, state, and federal resources to assist with our mission.
- Build alliances with the city, local businesses, service organizations, churches, affordable housing providers, and other organizations that serve homeless individuals.
- Help people gain access to transitional and permanent housing.
- Reduce homelessness within the City of Folsom.
We welcome all local residents, organizations, churches, neighborhoods, and businesses to get involved in this effort. We believe strongly that a collaborative community-wide effort is the beginning toward a solution to the problem of homelessness. With intention, we can make a huge difference.
2024 Winter Shelter Presentation
