PEORIA, Ill. โ As homeless encampments are being cleared out of downtown Peoria, some people still have nowhere to live.
Non-profit groups are doing their best to find those people shelter, especially in the dead of winter, but they canโt take in everyone.
โWe use the term homeless, or homelessness, or unhoused, but within that, thereโs a myriad of reasons folks got into that position. And, different conditions that are going on,โ Pathway Ministriesโ Executive Director John Rocke says.
He tells WMBDโs โGreg and Danโ, many of Peoriaโs homeless are dealing with mental health issues, and thatโs something that the shelters canโt necessarily address.
Next week, Pathway Ministries and Peoriaโs Dream Center are partnering up to host a screening of โAmericans With No Addressโ. Itโs an eye-opening documentary about the issues surrounding homelessness across the nation.
The documentary is a follow-up to a movie from Robert Craig Films called โNo Addressโ.
โThey wanted to make something that was sort of emotional and those kinds of things, but then they started realizing wow thereโs some things going on, and we need to understand it more. And, so they developed a documentary called Americans With No Addressโฆand we have the opportunity to premiere that here in Peoria,โ Rocke says.
The documentary will be shown in the Giant Screen Theater at Peoria Riverfront Museum on Wednesday, January 22, at 7 p.m.
Tickets to the showing are free, but thereโs a limited number available.
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