Cold: the State is mobilizing to offer more accommodation to the most vulnerable – Press releases – Press room – News

The weather forecast for the next few days announces the arrival in our department of a cold snap with negative temperatures felt during the day and night. In order to help homeless people, the state services of Seine-et-Marne are mobilizing to offer more accommodation to the most vulnerable. At the request of the prefect, Pierre Ory, the Departmental Directorate of Employment, Labor and Solidarity of Seine-et-Marne activates and coordinates a system to strengthen the care of homeless people.

This system, activated from this Thursday, November 21, 2024, consists of:

– a strengthening of maraudes/social emergency services managed by the Red Cross

– the extension of opening hours and days of day centers

– the opening of 132 additional emergency accommodation places spread across several municipalities in the department, for families and isolated people. The opening of these accommodation capacities is carried out with the assistance of the associations which the State calls on for this winter system, in partnership with the municipalities concerned. The orientation of people in these places is operated by 115.

In this context, it is essential to take care of each other and alert the relevant services in order to help the most vulnerable whose lives may be in danger with negative temperatures. Each citizen is invited to dial 115, or if necessary, 18 (firefighters).