INDIANAPOLIS — 91 Place recently opened a new facility to on the Near Eastside, on East 10th Street. 91 Place provides youth and young adult transitional housing and a multi-phased wraparound resident care program. 91 Place received more than $3.4 million from the City of Indianapolis last year to secure two new houses, adding eight transitional housing beds for young adults ages 16-24 and to initiate their workforce development program in partnership with Neidhammer Coffee Co. The funding will also allow them to expand their mental health services for high-risk youth by 50%.
The grant program is part of Mayor Hogsett’s 3-year, $150 million violence reduction plan and funded by federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars passed unanimously by the City-County Council.
The facility is a home for homeless youth, with community, relationships, and a familial environment at its core. It was designed to be a safe place for homeless youth to live, grow, and thrive. Residents are adolescents transitioning to adulthood, and are able to stay for up to two years. This gives them time and space to further their education, obtain a job, save money, and create healthy relationships. There is also a life skills curriculum and mentorship program, where residents learn the skills they need to be independent adults. With therapy and trauma-responsive care, they heal from years of trauma.
91 Place is in need of donations and help from the community. To find out how to help, visit https://91place.org/