Snow is billowing across the Rogue Valley and temperatures are predicted to dip into the 20s this week. So, where can you go if you need a warm place to sleep? The answer isn鈥檛 easy to find.
City administrators with Ashland, Medford and Grants Pass say it鈥檚 not their responsibility to ensure there are warm shelters during dangerously cold weather.
Instead, they rely on churches and nonprofits. And who鈥檚 organizing what isn鈥檛 clear.
Permanent homeless shelters across the valley are full. A volunteer group in Ashland is cobbling together a temporary warming center, but it鈥檚 BYOB: bring your own bed.
鈥淚t will be staffed by trained volunteers,鈥� said Jason Houk of . 鈥淧eople will be allowed to sleep. But there鈥檚 no sign-up sheet or waiting list. We鈥檒l take anyone who comes in the door.鈥�
Houk says its location will likely change throughout the week, from the Ashland library to various churches.
staffers say their permanent shelter in Medford is full, and they鈥檙e telling people who are homeless that there isn鈥檛 another place for them to go to seek warmth.
Meanwhile, there aren鈥檛 any temporary warming centers in Grants Pass.
