Emergency shelters are activated when there is a risk of below-freezing temperatures. One shelter in Burlington planned for a full house Thursday night. Sarah Russell and her staff at the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity have set up an extreme cold weather shelter at the Miller Center in Burlington. She said it has been a hard winter so far, especially for people who do not have somewhere warm to lay their heads.
A new family shelter in Burlington will be opening its doors to many families on Wednesday to help homeless people find stability and a path to permanent housing. With this pattern of intense winter weather, officials said the new space is definitely needed, and that nine families will be moving into the shelter on Pearl Street in Burlington.
The Foundations Family Shelter is operated by CVOEO, the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, and CHT, the Champlain Housing Trust.
On January 14th, Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak announced the launch of Burlington’s 2026 Housing Strategy. This marks a major step forward on one of the Mayor’s top priorities: creating ample, safe, and affordable housing for the Burlington community.
Residents struggling to heat their homes this winter may find help through the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity’s Warmth Support Program, thanks to a matching campaign launched with Community Bank.
A local emergency shelter is receiving a boost of community support during the winter months. ?CVOEO’s Champlain Place Emergency Shelter partnered with Katie’s Kids Foundation this week to celebrate a growing collaboration aimed at supporting people experiencing homelessness.
We want you to know how much we appreciate your support and partnership. Your warmth, generosity, and compassion run deeply through us, giving all of us at CVOEO the faith and confidence in our service and in our community. And more than anything else, I want you to know that we have an extraordinary team here at CVOEO. They think creatively and act quickly in emergent times, they step forward—not back—in moments of challenge, and they remain grounded in care and commitment even as they witness the pain of others.
Burlington opened an emergency shelter Sunday evening through Monday morning amid dangerously cold temperatures. The shelter at the Miller Center on Gosse Court in the city’s New North End is a low-barrier, pet-friendly facility that can host 100 people.
Burlington is opening an extreme cold weather shelter on New Year's Day as temperatures are expected to be dangerously frigid. The shelter will be located at the Miller Center and will be run in partnership with CVOEO, according to Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak's office.
Burlington authorities announced that a refuge for extreme cold weather will open Christmas evening for the first time this year. The shelter, at the Miller Center at 30 Gosse Court, will be open starting 5:00 p.m. on Christmas Day until 8:00 a.m. on Friday, due to wind chill temperatures forecast to fall below -10 Fahrenheit overnight.