CHIP awarded $130,000 each to Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis and The Learning Tree through the Breaking the Cycle: Reducing Family Homelessness in Indianapolis initiative, funded by the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund.
Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis will use the $130,000 to expand its Apartment Shelter Program by eight apartment units for 12 months from August 1, 2022 - July 31, 2023. Each apartment will shelter 4 - 5 families over the course of the year, or 32 - 40 families in total. Through the new Apartment Shelter Program, Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis will master lease the apartments on the private market from landlords, furnish them through community partnerships, and then families have the option to take over the lease, thereby securing permanent housing. If the family chooses this option, their children likely will never know they were staying in a shelter.
The Learning Tree will utilize $130,000 to support their partnership with the Indianapolis Tenant Advocacy Program to help divert families, particularly black and brown families who experience homelessness at disproportionate rates coming from eviction courts in Marion County. Funds will help divert and stabilize housing for families, who are not connected to "traditional" supports and resources. The Learning Tree will also work with neighbors through Asset Based Community Development to capture the stories of tenants that will aim to address the disparities in housing regulations and policies.
Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis will use the $130,000 to expand its Apartment Shelter Program by eight apartment units for 12 months from August 1, 2022 - July 31, 2023. Each apartment will shelter 4 - 5 families over the course of the year, or 32 - 40 families in total. Through the new Apartment Shelter Program, Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis will master lease the apartments on the private market from landlords, furnish them through community partnerships, and then families have the option to take over the lease, thereby securing permanent housing. If the family chooses this option, their children likely will never know they were staying in a shelter.
The Learning Tree will utilize $130,000 to support their partnership with the Indianapolis Tenant Advocacy Program to help divert families, particularly black and brown families who experience homelessness at disproportionate rates coming from eviction courts in Marion County. Funds will help divert and stabilize housing for families, who are not connected to "traditional" supports and resources. The Learning Tree will also work with neighbors through Asset Based Community Development to capture the stories of tenants that will aim to address the disparities in housing regulations and policies.
