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Peoria, IL, USA 104.9 The Wolf Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD PEORIA, Ill. — A multi-organizational effort is underway to transition the approximated 20 homeless people living in the I-74 bridge encampment to permanent shelter. Spearheaded by the Home for All Continuum of Care, the City of Peoria was providing CARES Act funding via the Emergency Solutions Grant, while Phoenix Community Development Services was providing leads to permanent housing and on-site case management to help determine the best housing situation for the individuals. While permanent housing is found for the individuals,...

PEORIA  — Those who work with the homeless want to thank the Peoria area for its generosity so far this year. But they stress, please do so responsibly. "It’s not that we don’t want people to donate. We love the generosity and the caring, but we don't want to make more problems for the camp," said Kshe Bernard, one of the co-founders of LULA Peoria, a registered not-for-profit street-outreach group that goes every day to help those men and women who lived on the the city's streets. Why is being ‘overrun with resources' a concern?  During their trips to and from the encampment unde...