INDIANAPOLIS — Mayor Joe Hogsett and the Mayor’s Leadership Council on Homelessness recently detailed a new investment in a targeted initiative to end chronic and unsheltered homelessness. Streets to Home Indy aims to end chronic and unsheltered homelessness in Indianapolis by 2028 and prevent future instances through diversion efforts and rapid housing placements. This initiative, through its phased approach, aims to house and provide wraparound services to an estimated 350 unsheltered individuals currently living on the street.
Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention (CHIP) will be the lead agency for Streets to Home Indy, supported by all necessary City agencies, the Mayor’s Leadership Council on Homelessness (MLCH), and Continuum of Care (CoC) partners. This new initiative also works within the framework to advance the newly updated Community Plan to End Homelessness. Funding of Phase 1 of this initiative is supported by the City of Indianapolis, Housing to Recovery Fund and from allocations from additional philanthropic, corporate, and faith community sources.
Streets to Home Indy is divided into 3 phases:
• Phase I – Initiative Launch — House and provide wraparound services to an estimated 350 unsheltered individuals currently living on the streets. Rehousing efforts to begin this summer. Continue efforts to recover and stabilize the Indianapolis Housing Agency.
• Phase II – Sustainability and Shelter-to-Housing Transition. Expand initiative to include a focus on housing those currently in shelters, continue to recover and stabilize IHA; prioritize vouchers for those experiencing homelessness, and develop a sustainability plan for Phase I.
• Phase III – Sustainability and Diversion — Divert approximately 2,500 individuals annually from entering the homelessness system, identify long-term dedicated funding sources, including Medicaid waivers, and continue developing sustainability plans for Phases I and II.
The public can go to the Streets to Home Indy landing page at www.chipindy.org/streetstohomeindy to track successes through a dashboard measuring progress toward Phase I goals and find out ways to support the initiative.