Emergency shelters in the Chicago area are being filled to capacity months ahead of schedule as homeless residents seek shelter from the cold.
WBEZ’s Susie An joins the Morning Shift to talk about how one homeless shelter system in the northwest suburbs is dealing with the growing demand for help.
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