Local Homeless Shelters Seeing Record Numbers
By: Alexandra Sutter WMBD/WYZZ
Updated: January 17, 2013
PEORIA - As
the temperatures drop, local homeless shelters are seeing record numbers.
The Peoria
Dream Center's overnight shelter for families is reaching capacity.
Director of
Homeless and Housing Programs Kristy Schofield said it has added more amenities
like breakfast and showers.
She said
the colder weather has more people looking for a place to stay. "We are pretty
much maxed out. Although we'll take as many as come, but we're seeing
approximately 30 and 30 plus on the cots every night in the shelter."
Schofield
said the Dream Center is working toward offering a room to every family it
serves.
