CEDAR RAPIDS -- The Red Cross plans to close the shelter at Cedar Rapids Prairie High School Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.

The agency also plans to stop managing its only other flood shelter in the area at Viola Gibson Elementary school.

The state will start managing the shelter tomorrow evening.

At that time, people who were staying at the Prairie shelter will get driven over to Viola Gibson which will become the only flood shelter in Cedar Rapids.

Each passing day places more stress on everyone who's trying to move out and move on with their lives.

"In the beginning, we were all pulling together and not so desperate. Now, it's a battle every day trying to track down an apartment that may or may not be available,” flood victim Mary Webster said.

"It's the idea that you're not at home in your own bed where you can actually come and go as you want to,” flood victim Vanessia Boots said.

The Red Cross has taken care of these flood victims for nearly a month. Now, the agency is preparing to turn the shelter over to the state.

"We actually take care of the immediate emergency needs and we've been here and we've done that,” American Red Cross spokesperson Randye Carter said.

The goal is to find everyone a home and close the facility, but it's a slow process. Damien Claypool plans to leave the shelter and Cedar Rapids on Thursday.

"There's nothing really here for me anymore. I've always wanted to go down to Memphis. Now is my chance to do it,” flood victim Damien Claypool said.

Claypool loved living in Iowa, but the flooding was just too hard for him to handle. He wants a fresh start.

"I’m very excited. I'm stoked, man. I’m very excited to get out of here,” Claypool said.

Others can't imagine living anywhere else.

"I really don't want to leave Cedar Rapids. This is all I've ever known. I love it here,” Webster said.

Flood victim Sheri Langton said, "I love this. I'm thankful I've had this experience. It's opened my eyes.”

Few ever expected flood victims would still be homeless nearly a month after the disaster, but it's a reality some people have to live with every day.

Monday night, 65 people stayed in a Cedar Rapids flood shelter. Every day, that number drops.

A few people from the Red Cross will help transition the shelter over to the state during the next few days.

At this time, it's unclear how long the state will continue to manage the shelter at Viola Gibson.