2023-2024 Indianapolis Winter Contingency Plan
The 2023-2024 Winter Contingency Plan is now active, as of November 1st. This plan runs through March 31, 2024. The intention of this plan is to ensure people experiencing unsheltered homelessness have access to shelter and resources during the winter months. Please review and share the plan!
Winter Contingency - Indianapolis Continuum of Care (indycoc.org)
Call for Nominations- 2024 Blueprint Council
The Blueprint Council is holding an election for two open seats on the 2024 Council. The following seats are open for nominations:
To be eligible to nominate and/or be nominated, you must meet the following eligibility: a signed 2023 CoC Membership Agreement, self-identification of having lived experience of homelessness OR direct service provider experience in the categories listed above.
The Blueprint Council strives to reflect the diversity of all persons and families experiencing homelessness.
New members will be elected in early January and seated by January 31st, 2024, to serve a 2-year term. To self-nominate or to nominate someone else, please follow this link to complete the Nomination Form by 5 PM on Friday, December 8th:
- 1 service provider seat (service providers can include direct service providers who serve families, youth, veterans, survivors of domestic violence, or any other targeted population; who provide any of the range of services across the homeless response system such as diversion, outreach, emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, services only.)
- 1 person with lived experience of homelessness
To be eligible to nominate and/or be nominated, you must meet the following eligibility: a signed 2023 CoC Membership Agreement, self-identification of having lived experience of homelessness OR direct service provider experience in the categories listed above.
The Blueprint Council strives to reflect the diversity of all persons and families experiencing homelessness.
New members will be elected in early January and seated by January 31st, 2024, to serve a 2-year term. To self-nominate or to nominate someone else, please follow this link to complete the Nomination Form by 5 PM on Friday, December 8th:
2023 CoC Consolidated Application Submitted.
September 27, 2023
All application materials, attachments, renewal projects, new projects, YHDP projects, policies, and priority listings have submitted. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this process! The final application and priority listings can be found here: 2023 HUD CoC NOFO Posting - Indianapolis Continuum of Care (indycoc.org)
2023 CoC Goal and Membership Agreement
The Blueprint Council and CHIP hosted a Continuum of Care (CoC) Convening on June 27th at the United Way of Central Indiana's Ruth Lilly Conference space. Thank you to the 80+ community members and advocates who attended to hear more about CoC Membership, the role of the Blueprint Council, the State of Homelessness including 2023 Point-in-Time Count data, and to unite around an 18-month goal to reduce Black homelessness in Indianapolis by 35%. This goal is intended to eliminate the ongoing racial disparities that persist year-over-year across the homeless response system. To read more about this goal and to sign on as a member please the memo and membership agreements below.
Indianapolis CoC Convening - Presentations Now Available!
In case you missed it, the slides from the 2023 Continuum of Care Membership Convenings can be accessed above. You will learn more about the CoC and role of the Blueprint Council (Governing Board), the State of Homelessness including the 2023 PIT data, the 18-month CoC Goal to reduce Black homelessness in Indianapolis by 35% effectively eliminating racial disparities in homelessness, and the tactics being implemented to achieve this goal.
The Indianapolis Continuum of Care (CoC) is a Collaborative and Engaged Group of Community Members Dedicated to Preventing and Ending Homelessness in Indianapolis.
The CoC takes a comprehensive approach of addressing homelessness by providing a continuum of housing programs and services. These services include outreach, intake, and assessment; prevention and diversion; emergency shelter; permanent housing; and system-wide planning initiatives to end homelessness.
Members of the CoC recognize that long-term efforts and goals can only be realized through a cooperative approach. It is the mission of the Indianapolis Continuum to coordinate all stakeholders, systems, and resources available to prevent and end homelessness in Indianapolis.
Members of the CoC recognize that long-term efforts and goals can only be realized through a cooperative approach. It is the mission of the Indianapolis Continuum to coordinate all stakeholders, systems, and resources available to prevent and end homelessness in Indianapolis.
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