华盛顿特区进入低温季：庇护热线24小时受理，免费接送无家可归者去庇护所
华盛顿特区市长穆丽尔·鲍泽（Muriel Bowser）11月6日在致居民的公开信中提醒，特区已进入低温季（11月1日至次年3月31日），她本周已与社区伙伴共同作出「低温意识承诺」，留意冬季里无家可归的邻里。
鲍泽称，低温季期间，特区提供免费外展与援助、上门探视核查、毛毯、手套与帽子等御寒物品，并全天24小时、每周7天提供免费交通接送前往庇护所。居民如发现需要帮助的人，可拨打庇护热线（202）399-7093或311求助，市长呼吁居民把这个号码存进手机。
鲍泽还表示，特区过去12年持续改造无家可归者服务体系，目标是让无家可归变得罕见、短暂且不重演：最新统计显示，家庭无家可归者较2015年减少近55%，过去一年无庇护无家可归者总数下降9%。市长信中另提及，2027年度医保公开登记期已于11月1日开始、持续至2027年1月31日。
（来源：华盛顿特区市长办公室）
D.C. Hypothermia Season Runs Through March 31, Mayor Bowser Reminds Residents
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser reminded residents in a November 6 letter that the District has entered hypothermia season, which runs from November 1 to March 31, and that she joined community partners this week to take the Hypothermia Awareness Pledge — a commitment to look out for neighbors experiencing homelessness during the winter months.
During hypothermia season, Bowser said, the District provides free outreach and assistance, welfare checks, warming items such as blankets, gloves and hats, and free, accessible transportation to shelter 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Residents can request assistance or transportation to shelter for a neighbor by calling the Shelter Hotline at 202-399-7093 or dialing 311, and the mayor urged residents to save the number in their phones.
Bowser said the District has spent 12 years transforming its homeless services system to make homelessness rare, brief and non-recurring: the most recent count shows family homelessness down nearly 55 percent since 2015, and total unsheltered homelessness down 9 percent over the last year. The letter also noted that the 2027 health insurance open enrollment period began November 1 and runs through January 31, 2027.
(Source: Office of the Mayor of Washington, D.C)
来源：华盛顿特区市长办公室
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图片来源：图：华盛顿特区雪中的第16街（资料图）。CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: 16th Street in Washington, D.C. during a snow storm (file photo). CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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