Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky (ESNKY) has started its winter sheltering operations at 634 Scott St., Covington for both men and women in need throughout the season.
ESNKY is the only immediate entrance, low-barrier shelter for men and women ages 18 and up in Northern Kentucky and provides emergency shelter and support to meet the urgent needs of homeless adults, increase their self-sufficiency and help them recover from and prevent a return to homelessness.
“Shelter is a basic human necessity,” said Kim Webb, Executive Director of ESNKY. “As temperatures drop to dangerous degrees in our region, the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky is here to greet those vulnerable in our community with compassion and dignity, and to provide a safe and warm place for them to sleep.
Our guests also have access to services that can assist them in recovering from homelessness, including programs for housing assistance, financial planning, social service referrals, health services, clothing, showers, laundry and meals.”
This is the 14th winter season for the shelter at Scott St., and it is also the last.
The shelter will soon transition into a new state-of-the-art home at 436 W. 13th St., Covington.
The new building will double current capacity for individuals year-round who are experiencing homelessness in a 10,000 square-foot facility. The new space, designed specifically as a homeless shelter, will also serve as Northern Kentucky’s first Daytime Navigation & Engagement Center (DNEC), giving guests a safe place to stay during the day where they can shower, do laundry and connect to services they might need. The DNEC will include an on-site medical clinic, community partner meeting rooms, guest mail services, self-service laundry, showers, phone charging stations, internet and computer access.
To learn more about ESNKY and how you can help, visit emergencyshelternky.org or call 859-291-4555.