In partnership with the City of San Antonio, our temporary shelter will open for clients when the weather is below freezing or during severe inclement weather.

Each Sunday morning we provide a warm breakfast, showers, clothes, art therapy, and haircuts to our clients in downtown San Antonio.

Clients can also attend the Corazon Medical Clinic at the same location. 

When temperatures rise to potentially dangerous levels, stay cool in the pool.

This is one of over 80 cooling centers that is operated by the City of San Antonio and open to the public.

VIA is offering fare-free trips to and from cooling centers while they remain open. Click here to find a bus route to this Cooling Center.

Free

Adults and seniors are invited to participate in many recreational, educational, and social programs.

With a focus on encouraging healthy lifestyles, both physical and mental, a variety of classes are offered for your enjoyment. 

A hot home-cooked meal is served Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at noon in partnership with H.E.B. A reservation is required.

Every last Wednesday of the month, people with birthdays or anniversaries that month are honored with a musical presentation, cake, or an ice cream social.

Click here to view and register for classes at this location. (If there are no results for classes at this location, a list of classes, programs, and activities at alternate locations will be provided.)

$7 annual fee for participants age 60 and over; $15 for participants ages 18-59.

When temperatures rise to potentially dangerous levels, stay cool in the pool.

This is one of over 80 cooling centers that is operated by the City of San Antonio and open to the public.

VIA is offering fare-free trips to and from cooling centers while they remain open. Click here to find a bus route to this Cooling Center.

Free

580,257 volumes, including an extensive collection of Non-fiction located on the 2nd floor, Fiction located on the 5th floor, Media, Express and the Latino Collection and Resource Center located on the 1st floor, and Texana/Genealogy located on the 6th floor.

Special needs services and collections-including equipment are also available at the library-including the recent addition of the Children's Low Vision Reading Room on the 3rd floor.

The library contains an art gallery on the 1st floor with exhibits scheduled thought the year. As you explore the library you will also notice a number of art pieces from the library's collection situated throughout the library's seven-floor. On the 2nd floor, you can find the Marie Swartz Art Resource Center, which in partnership with the Southwest School of Art serves as the library of record for the School's BFA degree program.

VIA: 3, 4, 90, 95, 96, 97

Adult Changing Station available on the first floor of the Central Library across from the circulation desk.

Outside Wi-Fi Access 7:30 AM - 10:30 PM

• Free Wi-Fi
• Free Computer Use

When temperatures rise to potentially dangerous levels, it is important to stay inside an air-conditioned space whenever possible.

This is one of over 80 cooling centers that is operated by the City of San Antonio and open to the public.

We provide warm meals, showers with CAM, ID Recovery, respite, small groups, computer lab, street outreach, and personalized case management.

This program is in partnership with Grace Lutheran Church, the City of San Antonio, and local nonprofits including Christian Assistance Ministries (CAM), Haven for Hope, SA Hope Center, First Presbyterian Church, and Communities Under the Bridge (CUB).

The center is for anyone experiencing homelessness, about to experience homelessness, or in need of respite during the day.

All services are free.

The Courtyard offers indoor sleeping to all individuals age 18 and older.

Haven's Promise

• You will always be treated with kindness, compassion, dignity, and respect.
• You will always sleep indoors.
• You will receive three hot meals a day and any clothing you need.

Services Available

• Housing through Haven Housing and our partners
• Employment opportunities
• ID Recovery: Social Security card, birth certificate, driver’s license
• Application Assistance for Social Security, Disability, Medicare, SNAP
• Substance use recovery
• Detox
• Sober living
• LGBTQ services
• Medical care
• Eyecare
• Dental care
• Psychiatric services
• Counseling
• Help with abuse, trauma
• GED classes
• Support for parents
• Support for school-age kids
• Legal services
• Showers, laundry
• Computer use

For additional information, contact [email protected].

There are no ID or drug test requirements.

All services are at no cost to Haven clients.

• Computer Skills Classes
• Free Wi-Fi
• Free Computer Use

We strive to provide a friendly, cozy day home and courtyard to anyone in need of a safe haven to rest, enjoy a meal, engage in conversation, garden, do laundry, watch a movie, play a board game, obtain travel-size hygiene supplies, receive postal mail, and make/send and receive phone calls or email messages.

We also have free WIFI.

We are not an overnight shelter.

Must be homeless and 50 years or older to receive services other than Coordinated Entry referrals.

Free

• Free Wi-Fi
• Free Computer Use

The John Tobin Community Center is an open play center with an indoor gym and two game rooms. Half-court basketball is scheduled daily, and table games are available.

When temperatures rise to potentially dangerous levels, it is important to stay inside an air-conditioned space whenever possible.

This is one of over 80 cooling centers that is operated by the City of San Antonio and open to the public.

VIA is offering fare-free trips to and from cooling centers while they remain open. Click here to find a bus route to this Cooling Center.

Free

Guadalupe Community Center provides immediate help to address food insecurity, reduce poverty, and prevent homelessness.

As part of a coalition with the City of San Antonio Department of Human Services, United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Catholic Charities is continuing Project Cool, a program that provides free 20-inch box fans to older adults in an effort to provide heat relief and prevent heat-related illness during the hot summer months in San Antonio. The goal of the program is to provide free fans as a low-cost, low-energy means to keep seniors cool without incurring high utility bills.

How to receive a free fan:

• 55 years of age or older
• Must provide a driver’s license; or
  Disabled, must provide disability letter.

Free

When temperatures rise to potentially dangerous levels, it is important to stay inside an air-conditioned space whenever possible.

This is one of over 80 cooling centers that is operated by the City of San Antonio and open to the public.

VIA is offering fare-free trips to and from cooling centers as long as they remain open. Click here to find a bus route to this Cooling Center.

Free

Approximately 26,000 volumes including videos, DVDs, music CDs, audiobooks, and Read Alongs

San Pedro has a small collection serving neighborhood adults, young people, and children with materials about San Antonio and local area history.

VIA: 3, 4, 20

When temperatures rise to potentially dangerous levels, stay cool in the pool.

This is one of over 80 cooling centers that is operated by the City of San Antonio and open to the public.

VIA is offering fare-free trips to and from cooling centers while they remain open. Click here to find a bus route to this Cooling Center.

Free

61,956 volumes with an extensive Spanish book collection (adult and juvenile), a small Latino collection and good picture book collection, videos, DVDs, music CDs and audiobooks.

All Spanish language magazines circulate, including Buen Hogar, Geo Mundo, Ideas, Selecciones del Reader's Digest.

Nearby Via routes: 75, 76

• Free Wi-Fi
• Free Computer Use

When temperatures rise to potentially dangerous levels, stay cool in the pool.

This is one of over 80 cooling centers that is operated by the City of San Antonio and open to the public.

VIA is offering fare-free trips to and from cooling centers while they remain open. Click here to find a bus route to this Cooling Center.

Free.

As part of a coalition with the City of San Antonio Department of Human Services, United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Catholic Charities is continuing Project Cool, a program that provides free 20-inch box fans to older adults in an effort to provide heat relief and prevent heat-related illness during the hot summer months in San Antonio. The goal of the program is to provide free fans as a low-cost, low-energy means to keep seniors cool without incurring high utility bills.

How to receive a free fan:

• 55 years of age or older
• Must provide a driver’s license; or
  Disabled, must provide disability letter.

Free

When temperatures rise to potentially dangerous levels, it is important to stay inside an air-conditioned space whenever possible.

This is one of over 80 cooling centers that is operated by the City of San Antonio and open to the public.

VIA is offering fare-free trips to and from cooling centers while they remain open. Click here to find a bus route to this Cooling Center.

Free

This center provides programs to help seniors lead active, independent, and engaged lives. This is done through comprehensive nutrition, wellness, and education services.

To become eligible to attend this center and participate in services, individuals must reside in Bexar County and meet one of the following criteria:

• 60 years and older
• Under 60 years married to a 60+ participant who attends the center and accompanies the participant to the center
• Under 60 years, disabled, and resides with a 60+ participant and accompanies the participant to the center (only applicable to the HEAL Meal Program)

• Free Wi-Fi
• Free Computer Use

When temperatures rise to potentially dangerous levels, it is important to stay inside an air-conditioned space whenever possible.

This is one of over 80 cooling centers that is operated by the City of San Antonio and open to the public.

VIA is offering fare-free trips to and from cooling centers while they remain open. Click here to find a bus route to this Cooling Center.

Free

Collection varies between 44,000 to 45,000 volumes including videos, DVDs, music CDs, and audiobooks

VIA: 54

• Free Wi-Fi
• Free Computer Use

When temperatures rise to potentially dangerous levels, it is important to stay inside an air-conditioned space whenever possible.

Free

When temperatures rise to potentially dangerous levels, it is important to stay inside an air-conditioned space whenever possible.

This is one of over 80 cooling centers that is operated by the City of San Antonio and open to the public.

VIA is offering fare-free trips to and from cooling centers while they remain open. Click here to find a bus route to this Cooling Center.

Free

When temperatures rise to potentially dangerous levels, it is important to stay inside an air-conditioned space whenever possible.

This is one of over 80 cooling centers that is operated by the City of San Antonio and open to the public.

VIA is offering fare-free trips to and from cooling centers while they remain open. Click here to find a bus route to this Cooling Center.

Free

When temperatures rise to potentially dangerous levels, it is important to stay inside an air-conditioned space whenever possible.

This is one of over 80 cooling centers that is operated by the City of San Antonio and open to the public.

VIA is offering fare-free trips to and from cooling centers while they remain open. Click here to find a bus route to this Cooling Center.

Free

When temperatures rise to potentially dangerous levels, it is important to stay inside an air-conditioned space whenever possible.

This center provides programs to help seniors lead active, independent, and engaged lives. This is done through comprehensive nutrition, wellness, and education services.

Services include:

• A daily lunchtime meal
• Transportation services to eligible seniors living within a 5-mile radius of the center 

Programs and activities include:

• Arts & Crafts
• Basic Health Screenings
• Exercise classes
• Field trips
• Library
• Recreation and dance
• Social services
• Technology classes
• Work search programs

To become eligible to attend this center and participate in services, individuals must reside in Bexar County and meet one of the following criteria:

• 60 years and older
• Under 60 years married to a 60+ participant who attends the center and accompanies the participant to the center
• Under 60 years, disabled, and resides with a 60+ participant and accompanies the participant to the center (only applicable to the HEAL Meal Program)

• Free Wi-Fi
• Free Computer Use