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Illinois Valley PADS shelters resume 24-hour service · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Illinois Valley PADS shelters resume twenty four hour service. Written
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  Speaker 1: by Tom Collins, This article is being read by an
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  Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Illinois Valley Public
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  Speaker 1: Action to Deliver Shelter announce Friday that twenty four hour
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  Speaker 1: services will resume at its Ottawa and Peru shelters. The
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  Speaker 1: expanded hours take effect at five p m. Saturday, August first,
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  Speaker 1: and will continue until the end of the twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: six to twenty seven shelter season. We understand that seeking
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  Speaker 1: help can be a difficult and vulnerable experience, said Carol Alcorn,
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  Speaker 1: Executive director of iv PADS. Our staff is committed to
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  Speaker 1: treating every person with kindness, compassion, dignity and respect, while
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  Speaker 1: providing a safe place to stay and the support needed
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  Speaker 1: to move towards stability. The Peru Pad's shelter, located at
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  Speaker 1: thirteen twenty Menard's Drive, Peru, will continue providing emergency shelter meals,
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  Speaker 1: case management, and supportive services. Construction of the new Ottawa
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  Speaker 1: PADS shelter is progressing well, with an anticipated opening in
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  Speaker 1: early October twenty twenty six. Until the new Ottawa shelter
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  Speaker 1: is completed, the office at the temporary Ottawa shelter, located
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  Speaker 1: at two zero one East Jackson Street, will be opened
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  Speaker 1: for the intake process twenty four hours a day, seven
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  Speaker 1: days a week. Following intake, all clients excepted for shelter
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  Speaker 1: will be transported to the Peru Pads Shelter, where they
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  Speaker 1: will receive safe overnight accommodations, three daily meals, case management,
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  Speaker 1: and other supportive services. Transportation will be provided by ivy
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  Speaker 1: PAD staff. During the twenty five to twenty six shelter season,
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  Speaker 1: Ivypads served five hundred and fifty six individuals, including fifty
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  Speaker 1: one families with one hundred and one children. The organization
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  Speaker 1: provided eighty six thousand, one hundred ninety three meals and
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  Speaker 1: twenty nine thousan two hundred and twenty four shelter nights
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  Speaker 1: while helping many clients secure stable housing and employment through
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  Speaker 1: case management and supportive services. The need for emergency shelter
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  Speaker 1: and supportive services continues to grow throughout our community. Alcorn said,
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  Speaker 1: we are excited about the progress being made on the
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  Speaker 1: new Ottawa shelter and appreciate our community's patients during this
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  Speaker 1: temporary transition. Our priority remains ensuring that every person who
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  Speaker 1: needs shelter has a safe place to stay. While we
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  Speaker 1: prepare to open our new Ottawa facility this fall,