INDIANAPOLIS — With the number of people experiencing homelessness this year, the City of Indianapolis is making contigency plans to help shelter women, children, and families this winter. They city is working with the Wheeler Mission to use the long-vacant Susan Roll Leach School #68 at 21st and Emerson to host homeless individuals.
Last year, the city used federal relief aid to fund hotel program to assist homeless individuals. City partners, including the Wheeler Mission, will run the shelter. They will be moving from the Center for Women and Children after the former school is adapted. The CWC is running at capacity.
The new facility will provide more room for families, and other resources and services to help get families into more permanent housing. Federal relief money and Community Block Grant funding will be used to fund the facility.