the charity in august. it sits right next to the worker house, but it needs some improvements. so last summer the catholic worker house held a fundraiser at the quarter barrel arcade and brewery to help pay for those improvements. so far this year, the non-profit has helped more than 250 families. kcrg t-v nine s phil reed looked at the house today and joins us now. phil what is the catholic worker house going to do with it? beth, its board of directors decided lat shelter. a family is normally allowed only 90 days to stay at the catholic worker house. during that time they are expected to find a job and permanent housing. but some families can t do that in three months. so the extended shelter will give three families at a time an extra six months to get back on their feet. lakeisha mcdaniel and her five children moved to cedar rapids for a better life back in september. they have been staying at the catholic worker house. came here to get on my feet and stuff. got my kids i
need in the appropriate shelters. and if need be, they will open an overflow shelter at an off-site location. the shelters say the first goal is to keep people safe, and the second is to provide some long-term help. as many as 2,000 people in cedar rapids are in and out of homelessness each year. for many, it s unexpected. this is the case for ja- far khenti 3 and half weeks ago. khenti says a friend recommended he try willis dady. he says he felt welcomed immediately. 12:32 they give you a lot of resources. and you go out there and try to find some resources. plus they help us try to get an apartment of our own. as cooler temps roll through, willis dady says balancing safety and outreach can be a challenge. trepp: 8:42, we struggle with the balance of providing a true term solutions, which we know is housing. that s why the community overflow weather shelter system was formed just last year. organizers pushed for more funding, so they can open once temperatures are freez
looks to arrive on sunday and should lead to widespread rain by sunday night at the latest. this could sneak in on sunday afternoon. have a good day!today: showers likely, especially in the morning. wind: nw 5-15. high: 43 tonight: cloudy. wind: nw 5-15. low: 32 tomorrow: cloudy and cool. wind: w 5-10. high: 40 tom. night: chance of flurries or light snow, mainly north. wind: se 5-10. low: 31 thanks kaj. during a traffic stop in cedar rapidsearlier this month has the support of his union. the police bargaining union says it fully backs officer lucas jones and feels confident that a grand jury will officer jones pulled over jerime mitchell early on november 1st. the stop led to some kind of altercation, where officer jones shot mitchell. mitchell s vehicle eventually crashed in a parking lot on the coe college campus, not far from downtown cedar rapids. his family says mitchell is paralyzed from the incident. in a statement, the cedar rapids police bargaining union said it doe
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