Media Coverage

11/18/11
Coalition Hopes to Raise Taxes to End Homelesssness - Huffington Post 11/18/11
An Indianapolis coalition helped slash the number of homeless people in half since 2002, but is determined to wipe the problem out altogether with its innovative retail initiatives.

11/16/11
Homeless Coalition Seeks Tax Hike- WIBC 93.1FM 11/16/11
CHIP aims to become a strong advocate for public funding to address the city's roughly 1,500 homeless. That estimated population has been cut in half since the first Blueprint was released in 2002.  Click the link to listen to the on-air interview.

11/15/11
Homeless advocates pitch local sales-tax hike - IBJ 11/15/11
A coalition of groups that serve the homeless population is looking to Marion County taxpayers to provide a permanent, dedicated source of funding through an increase in the local sales tax.

11/15/11
Coalition proposes sales tax increase to end homelessness problem - Fox59 11/15/11
"If we don't have a permanent, sustainable funding stream to support those services then they're just goals," said Hurst.

11/15/11
Donations Sought as Temps Fall - WISHTV.com 11/15/11
Hats, coats, gloves and blankets top CHIP's wish list as local homeless shelters prepare for the arrival of colder temperatures.

11/11/11
Terri Jett:  We can end homelessness if we care enough to do work - Indianapolis Star
No one should be homeless in America. As a nation, affordable housing for everyone, regardless of circumstances and status, must be accessible.

10/11/11
Community Summit on Homelessness - WIBC 93.1FM
Dozens of Indianapolis community leaders are drafting a new 10-year plan to help area homeless as the count rises to its highest level since 2007.

10/4/11
Working hard together to end homelessness - My View, Indianapolis Star
Dozens of Indianapolis community leaders are drafting a new 10-year plan to help area homeless as the count rises to its highest level since 2007.

9/30/11
Court hopes community service has impact on minor lawbreakers - Indianapolis Star
The only program of its kind in Indiana, Community Court assigns community service to misdemeanor offenders who plead guilty. It also plunks those offenders before a citizens "impact panel" so they learn the larger ramifications of their petty crimes.

9/30/11
Panhandlers' Hands Still Out in Downtown Indianapolis - Indianapolis Star
Columnist Matt Tully takes a look at panhandling and passive solicitation, and concludes that the best way to help those on the street is not to give panhandlers and solicitors money, but instead to support agencies that will engage them in services.

8/1/11
The Indianapolis Business Journal featured CHIP as the "Not-for-Profit of Note".

5/8/11
Too many faces of homelessness - Indianapolis Star Editorial
The cost of homelessness -- of battling it as a society, of living it as an individual or family -- was very much in the news on Friday.

5/6/11
City's homeless count jumps 5% - Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis' homeless population rose 5 percent this year to its highest level since 2008 -- and the numbers likely would have been higher still were it not for millions of federal stimulus dollars, advocates for the homeless said Thursday.

5/5/11
Report:  Indy's Homelsss Rate Increasing - WIBC
Click the link to listen to the WIBC broadcast by Mike Corbin

5/4/11 "No Place Called Home"
4/28/11 "Children of the Streets: 2011"
This 2-part series by Anne Ryder and WTHR looks at youth and family homelessness in Indianapolis.

3/18/11
It takes a community to end homelessness - My View, Indianapolis Star
CHIP Executive Director Tim Joyce expands upon the Star's editorial from March 13 with additional achievements of Indianapolis's Blueprint to End Homelessness.

3/13/11
Hope to the homeless:  City takes on tough issue
The Indianapolis Star's editorial on March 13 takes a look at the successes and ongoing challenges of this community's ten-year plan to end homelessness for our neighbors.

3/8/11
The estate of Sara I. Reuben donates $750,000 for construction of The Albert G. and Sara I. Reuben Engagment Center
Indianapolis Business Journal article
WTHR online article
IndyStar article

 

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