Media Coverage Archive
12/22/2010
Ceremony Honors Homeless Who Died in Indy, by Jason Thomas, Indianapolis Star
IndyStar*Com article and photo gallery
12/21/2010
Annual Memorial Service Honors Homeless, by Liz Thomas, WIBC
Read the online story or listen to the audio
11/15/2010
Comparing Indianapolis and Knoxville 10-year plans to end homelessness, Knoxville 6 News
Read a story and watch the videos on how Indianapolis's Blueprint to End Homelessness is being modeled and viewed in other cities.
9/25/2010
2010 Blueprint Celebration at Conseco Fieldhouse
Click the link to view video from the 2010 Blueprint Celebration, featuring the 2010 Blueprint Champions and guest speaker Ray Hilbert.
9/16/2010
Central Library Reaches Out to Homeless, Fox 59
The Central Indianapolis Library is teaming up with CHIP to help homeless patrons.
Click Here to watch the video feature from Fox 59.
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9/3/2010
Tireless Fighter for the Homeless to be Honored, The Recorder
CHIP Board Member and past Chair Tony Rogers is recognized for his community service at the Blueprint Celebration.
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3/23/2010
Indy Homeless Connect Kick-Off Breakfast
Click the link to view video from the breakfast presentation, featuring guest speakers Jenn Kampmeier, Sharon O'Brien, and Chad Riddle.
2/26/2010
Indy Homeless Connect Press Conference
Clink the link to view video from the press conference at Interfaith Hospitality Network, featuring guest speakers Jim O'Brien, Mayor Greg Ballard, and Barbara Campbell.
3/8/2010
City must have a heart for our homeless neighbors
Grappling with homelessness in our communities is gut-wrenching. The angst felt by many about the Davidson Street bridge ordeal isn't isolated. Homeless issues are complex and answers aren't one-dimensional, easy or final.
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3/1/2010
It takes a village to find answers
Let's start with some fundamentals.
Living under a bridge, especially in winter in a Northern city, is not good.
Indianapolis Star Editorial Full Story
2/21/2010
Supportive Housing: Alternatives to the Bridge
A recent Star article, "Issue of bridge people defies simple solution," focusing on the homeless in Downtown Indianapolis, conveyed the view that there are no easy answers to preventing and ending homelessness. No easy answers, perhaps, but there are answers...
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1/31/10
Realtors donate $500,000 for homeless housing
A $500,000 donation from the charitable arm of the Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors will help build 32 homes on the Near Eastside for families and individuals who are homeless...
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1/4/2010
Don Stuck, Stuck in the Morning Show
Click the link above to listen to Don Stuck's 30 minute interview with Michael Hurst, Program Director at CHIP.
12/14/2009
Outreach worker offers Indianapolis' homeless a helping hand a warm heart
Donnie Robinette has spent 14 years doing what he can to help Indianapolis' homeless. It's obvious Terry Miles is resourcesful. But it's also clear he needs help, and Donnie Robinette offers it to him...
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9/16/2009
Pacers' O'Brien takes steps to fight homelessness
Indiana Pacers coach Jim O'Brien learned about helping the less fortunate at a young age. While growing up in Philadelphia, O'Brien's parents would bring home an occasional homeless person and prov...
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9/2/2009
Annual Blueprint Celebration to Honor Community’s Work to End Homelessness
INDIANAPOLIS – The Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention (Coalition) will host its annual Blueprint Celebration Presented by Jim and Sharon O’Brien to recognize individuals and organi...
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8/17/2009
Faith Initiative Luncheon Series to Kick-Off
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, August 17, 2009 FAITH INITIATIVE LUNCHEON SERIES TO KICK-OFF Indiana Pacers Head Coach Jim O’Brien to speak on homelessness Indianapolis – The Coalition for Home...
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6/18/2009
Dozens more Indy Families Homeless
Homelessness came to Larry Spivey and his family suddenly. In May, IUPUI laid him off from his job as a campus cook. His wife, Tonya, became seriously ill with heart problems, draining their saving...
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6/17/2009
2009 Indianapolis Homeless Count Released
For Immediate Release June 17, 2009 Contact Emily Hervey, (317) 472-7640 2009 Indianapolis Homeless Count Released Report Shows a 78 Percent Increase in Family Homeless...
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6/13/2009
Pacers coach does more than lend his name to cause
It’s two weeks before the June 25 National Basketball Association draft, and Indiana Pacers head coach Jim O’Brien is leaving the house early. But the third-year Pacers coach isn’t off to watch vi...
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6/17/2009
2009 Indianapolis Homeless Count Released
For Immediate Release June 17, 2009 Contact Emily Hervey, (317) 472-7640 2009 Indianapolis Homeless Count Released Report Shows a 78 Percent Increase in Family Homeless...
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6/13/2009
Pacers coach does more than lend his name to cause
It’s two weeks before the June 25 National Basketball Association draft, and Indiana Pacers head coach Jim O’Brien is leaving the house early. But the third-year Pacers coach isn’t off to watch vi...
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