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THE CHAMPION, THURSDAY, MARCH 28 - APRIL 3, 2024 • PAGE 2
Warming center to open 24 hours
BY JAY PHILLIPS
JAY@DEKALBCHAMP.COM
Frontline Response
Warming Center will
be open 24 hours a day
through April 1 while
also functioning as a
county intake center and
day service center at
the Frontline Response
headquarters at 2585
Gresham Road in southeast
Atlanta.
The services offered at
the group's headquarters,
through April 1, include:
• A safe, clean environment
for men, women, and
families.
• Armed security provided
overnight as well as
Frontline staff serving as
resident assistants.
• Individually assigned
sleeping beds and cots
with clean bedding
and secure storage for
personal items.
• Hot meals upon arrival.
Breakfast, lunch, and
hot dinner also will be
provided.
• Entry into countywide
service database.
• Free cellphone and health
insurance sign up.
• Mobile showers.
• Employment and housing
support.
• Food pantry registration.
• Group therapy.
• Jazz and art painting
session.
• Game night.
• Dinner and a movie night.
• Clothing as available.
• Medical and wellness
appointments.
• Identification and birth
certificate assistance.
• Transportation to
facility and to verified
appointments as available
and at normal warming
center pick up times.
Frontline officials
added that no alcohol,
weapons, smoking, or
sharing of prescription
drugs are allowed, and that
all prohibited items and
tobacco products will be
turned over to the staff for
appropriate storage during
the guest's stay.
Beginning in 2024,
DeKalb County and city of
Decatur entered into an
agreement with Frontline
Response to offer the first
full-service warming center
in the county. According
to Frontline Response's
website, the facility is also
available whenever the
county activates its warming
centers. Frontline Response
will also transport people in
need to the shelter.
For more information, visit
frontlineresponse.org/
warmingcenter.
Frontline Response Warming Center will open for 24 hours a day through
April 1. File photo
Conveniently check your exemption status online at
DeKalbTax.org or call 404-298-4000 during business hours for
assistance. If you’re a homeowner with an H4, H9 or A6 exemption,
no further action is required.
Don’t have a homestead exemption on file? Apply online, in person
(appointments encouraged), by mail or drop box before the April 1
deadline. Age and income requirements must be met to qualify for
senior exemptions. A basic homestead exemption must be on file to
apply for special exemptions.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
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FROM THE OFFICE OF
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IRVIN J. JOHNSON
ARE YOU A DEKALB
COUNTY HOMEOWNER
ACES 62 AND OLDER?
Tax Commissioner Irvin Johnson is reminding seniors to
review their homestead exemption status. NEW for 2024,
changes to income limits allow more seniors to meet eligibility
requirements for special exemptions.
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ABOUT DEKALB COUNTY
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS
^ Homestead exemptions provide a reduction in annual property taxes.
Special tax exemptions are also available for eligible seniors, disabled
y residents, disabled veterans or surviving spouse, surviving spouse of a
~ U.S. service member, and surviving spouse of a peace officer or
firefighter. Apply by April 1.
. Age and income requirements must be met to qualify for all senior
' exemptions; seniors must be 62 years of age by Jan. 1 to apply.
Property owners must own and live at their primary residence as of
^ Jan. 1, have all vehicles registered in DeKalb County, file income taxes
from the property, and not have a homestead exemption anywhere else.
Homeowners who do not have an existing homestead exemption have
* until the April 1 deadline to apply for all exemptions.
Once an exemption is granted, it automatically renews as long as you
^ reside at the property or until a different
exemption is filed and granted.
AVOID DELAYS
Check your exemption status and
apply online today!
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