LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. LARA: RIGHT NOW, A NEW HOMELESS SHELTER IN JOHNSON COUNTY IS WELCOMING PEOPLE IN FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> EVEN WITH A BRIEF BREAK THEY NEED OPTIONS. ONE JUST OPENED UP IN LENEXA, AT WEST 94-TH AND PFLUMM. IT’S CALLED PROJECT 10-20. KMBC 9’S JACKSON KURTZ IS LIVE THERE TONIGHT. THIS IS A NEED FOR SO MANY . JACKSON: IT OPENED AT 6 P.M. THIS EVENING. WE ARRIVED AN HOUR BEFORE. A GENTLEMAN WAS OUTSIDE HUDDLED UP WITH HIS THINGS WAITING TO GET INSIDE AND GET WARM. >> EVERY YEAR IT IS HEARTBREAKING. IT’S INHUMANE TO ME FOR PEOPLE TO TURN THEIR BACKS. JACKSON: THAT THE 8TH WINTER IN A ROW, THESE BEDS WILL BE FULL WITH PEOPLE IN NEED OF A WARM PLACE TO STAY. >> I FEEL A RELIEF TODAY IN A LOT OF WAYS. AND THE RELIEF IS THAT I KNOW WE’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING SOME PEOPLE INSIDE TO GET THEM OUT OF THE COLD, THE ELEMENTS . JACKSON: PROJECTS 1020 IN LENEXA IS THE ONLY SHELTER FOR ADULTS IN JOHNSON COUNTY. IT’S WHERE MEN & WOMEN CAN COME STAY THE NIGHT, HAVE A HOT MEAL, AND WASH UP. >> JUST SEE THE LOOK OF RELIEF ON THEIR FACE WHEN THEY WALK THROUGH THE DOOR AND KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE TREATED WELL AND THAT WE’RE HAPPY TO SEE AND WE’RE HAPPY THAT THEY FOUND US. JACKSON: THE SHELTER’S CO-FOUNDER BARBARA MCEVER SAYS THIS YEAR THERE’S BEEN MORE PEOPLE CALLING AND ASKING WHEN IT WILL OPEN. >> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LOST JOBS AND I’M SURE COVID HAS CREATED PROBLEMS EVERYWHERE. JACKSON: SHE SAYS IT’S THAT NEED THAT KEEPS HER GOING AND GIVING FOLKS A CHANCE TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. >> I WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A REPRIEVE AND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO RELAX A LITTLE BIT AND NOT BE SO WORRIED ABOUT WHERE THEY’RE GOING TO BE TOMORROW NIGHT. THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME HERE JACKSON: THE HOURS ARE FROM 6 P.M. TO EIGHT AND. IT WILL STAY OPEN THROUGH APRIL. LIVE FROM LENEXA JACKSON KURTZ KMBC 9 NEWS. LARA: THERE ARE TWO HOMELESS SHELTERS OPEN TO FAMILIES. THE SALVATION ARMY AND TO THE INTERFAI