Since 1995, the Pasadena Partnership to End Homelessness has served as the lead agency for the Pasadena Continuum of Care. The Continuum of Care (CoC) is a planning process implemented by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 1994. As one of the largest sources of federal funding for programs that address the needs of people who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless, HUD recognized the need for a more coordinated, collaborative, and community-driven approach to allocating resources to communities. The Continuum of Care process is the process by which communities identify local needs, develop strategies, and submit a single application to HUD for funding for programs designed to meet the needs in the community.

The Pasadena Partnership is governed by a Board of Directors composed of representatives from the community. In its role as the lead agency for the CoC, the Pasadena Partnership promotes integrated, community-wide strategies and plans to prevent and end homelessness; provides coordination among the numerous local organizations and initiatives that serve the homeless population, and manage the CoC’s single, comprehensive grant application to HUD for McKinney-Vento funding which includes Continuum of Care funds and State Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds.

Our Mission

The Pasadena Partnership to End Homelessness is dedicated to planning and developing evidence-based strategies to prevent and end homelessness in Pasadena, CA.

How We Help

The Pasadena Partnership develops strategies to end homelessness, manages the CoC’s grant application to HUD for Continuum of Care funds and State Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds, and increases public education and participation.

Board of Directors

The Pasadena Partnership is governed by a Board of Directors composed of representatives from the community who together provide proactive leadership that engages policy makers as well as the community to work to end homelessness in Pasadena.

Our Solutions

We believe that the solution to homelessness in Pasadena is simple: permanent housing. In our role as the lead agency for the CoC, the Pasadena Partnership promotes integrated, community-wide strategies to prevent and end homelessness.

2026-2027 WINTER RESOURCES

Pasadena Bad Weather Shelter 

Pasadena is pleased to announce the opening of the Bad Weather Shelter for 2026-2027, once again operated by our partners at Friends In Deed. 

The Pasadena Bad Weather Shelter will be open to serve adults experiencing homelessness on weather-activated nights beginning Tuesday, December 1, 2026 to April 30, 2027. The shelter’s operating hours are 7:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. Guests may begin lining up at 6:30 p.m. on nights the shelter is activated. Please call 888-915-8111 or visit the City of Pasadena Extreme Weather Portal to find out if the shelter is activated.

The Pasadena Bad Weather Shelter is located at Trinity Lutheran Church: 

997 E Walnut St, Pasadena, CA 91106 

The snapshot below shows the location of Trinity Lutheran Church as well as the entrance to the Pasadena Bad Weather Shelter on the church property: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The shelter is open on a weather-activated basis. Weather-activation criteria are as follows: 

  1. The NWS forecast calls for overnight low wind chill temperatures of 40 degrees or below.
  2. The NWS forecast calls for a 40% or greater chance of rain with at least ¼” of precipitation accumulation in a 24-hour period.
  3. The NWS forecast calls for 40 mph or greater wind gusts.
  4. The NWS issues a flood watch or warning.
  5. Conditions not previously identified by the plan but for which it would be prudent to do so based upon critical need, as recommended by the Housing Director and Fire Chief and approved by the City Manager or their designees.

The criteria apply to overnight forecasts between the hours of 7:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m.

LAHSA Winter Shelter Program

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) Winter Shelter Program is held annually to protect people experiencing homelessness during Los Angeles’s colder months. Winter Shelters are located all across the County, and will be operating 24 hours a day.

People in need of transportation should go to 211la.org and use the chat feature to request a ride.

For more information, please visit LAHSA Winter Shelter Program page.

For any inquiries, please email wintershelter@lahsa.org.

 

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