Chicago Warming Center Locations and Operations

Six Warming Centers are operated by the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services during winter months, with additional facilities opened as needed in libraries and community venues. The dataset documents these public service locations, last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Map facility locations and types (e.g., libraries, senior centers) for emergency service planning
• Analyze seasonal operational patterns based on the 'winter months' temporal feature
• Identify community venues used as additional facilities for resource allocation modeling

Strengths

• Managed by the authoritative City of Chicago organization
• Updated in March 2026, indicating recent maintenance
• Available in multiple structured formats including CSV, JSON, RDF, and XML

Limitations

• Unknown row and column counts limit assessment of dataset scale and granularity
• Data scope is limited to the city of Chicago, not generalizable to other regions
• Lack of sample data prevents verification of data structure and content

Provenance

Source

City of Chicago

Collection Method

Operational data from the Department of Family and Support Services

Time Range

Winter months

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22

Geography

Chicago, United States