Goshen city officials are reaching out to the homeless and local nonprofits before forcing people living in an encampment to move out.

Dozens of homeless people are illegally camped along the millrace, causing many Goshen businesses and neighbors to complain.

A task force has created a policy to help and move them to a different location.

“I want to thank the nonprofits who have worked collaboratively with the city to ensure the residents in the encampment have the assistance they need moving forward," Goshen Mayor Jeremy Stutsman wrote in a statement.

The original deadline was set for May 27th but was pushed back to June 3rd.