Managing Shelters

Page Header: "Shelter Management - Manage your shelter locations and capacity"


Viewing Your Shelters

Go to Shelters in the sidebar to see all your shelter locations.

Each shelter card shows:

Information
Description

Name

Shelter name with edit button

Type

Emergency, Transitional, or Permanent

Status Badge

Color-coded capacity status

Address

Full address with map pin icon

Occupancy

Current beds / Total beds

Contact

Phone, email, website links

Description

Shelter description

Booking Methods

Badges showing enabled booking options

Amenities

Badges showing available amenities

Occupancy %

Visual percentage bar at bottom

Capacity Status Colors

Status
Color
Meaning

Available

Green

Has open beds

Medium

Yellow

Getting full

High

Orange

Almost full

Full

Red

No beds available


Creating a New Shelter

  1. Click + Add New Shelter

  2. A dialog appears with sections:

Basic Information

Field
Required
Description

Shelter Name

Yes

Display name for the shelter

Description

No

Public description

Shelter Type

No

Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, or Permanent Supportive Housing

Address

Field
Required
Description

Street Address

Yes

Primary address line

Street Address 2

No

Suite, unit, etc.

City

No

City name

State

No

State

ZIP

No

ZIP code

Contact Information

Field
Required
Description

Phone Number

No

Contact phone

Email Address

No

Contact email

Website

No

Website URL

Capacity

Field
Required
Description

Total Capacity

Yes

Maximum number of beds

Available Spaces

No

Current availability (defaults to total)

Booking Methods

Checkboxes for how people can book:

  • Online Client Booking

  • Phone Booking

  • In-Person Booking

  • Medical Referral Only

Amenities

Comma-separated list of available amenities (meals, laundry, showers, etc.)

  1. Click Create Shelter


Editing a Shelter

  1. Click the Edit button on the shelter card

  2. The same form appears with current values filled in

  3. Make your changes

  4. Click Save Changes


Shelter Detail Page

Click View Details on a shelter card to see the full shelter page with tabs:

Tab
Contents

Overview

Full shelter information (editable)

Spaces

All beds/rooms in this shelter

Registrations

Daily bed assignments

Audit History

Change log showing who changed what and when


Display Overrides

You can override what the public sees without changing actual data:

Override
Purpose

Override Capacity

Show different total than actual

Override Available

Show different availability

Hide Availability

Show "FULL" regardless of actual availability

Allow Applications When Overridden

Still accept applications even when showing full

This is useful for managing intake flow without blocking applications entirely.

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