2023 CoC Member Organizations

*The following organizations have signed organizational membership agreements in 2023: 
Adult & Child
BWI 
CHIP
Coburn Place
City of Indianapolis, Department of Metropolitan Development
Damien Center
Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis
Gennesaret Free Clinics
Greater Indianapolis Multi-Faith Alliance (GIMA)
Holy Family Shelter (Catholic Charities)
Horizon House 
Homeless Initiative Program (HIP)
HVAF 
The Indianapolis Foundation 
The Indianapolis Housing Agency 
Indy Crime Intervention Taskforce
Intecare
Lutheran Child & Family Services 
Marion County Public Health Department 
Mayor Joe Hogsett
Outreach Inc.
Partners in Housing
Purpose of Life Ministries
Salvation Army
Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center
​Step Up Inc.
Stopover Inc.
Trinity Haven
United Way of Central Indiana
Veterans Administration
Wheeler Mission

*Individual and advocate membership agreements are held at CHIP and help inform membership distribution lists, CoC voting eligibility, and eligibility for Blueprint Council elections. Please reach out if you want to confirm membership or sign a membership agreement by emailing info@chipindy.org re: 2023 CoC Membership.

CoC Membership Statement

​​The Indianapolis Continuum of Care (CoC) is a collective impact endeavor that aims to align and organize all homelessness prevention and response resources and activities to achieve a measurable reduction in homelessness.
Mission: To coordinate all stakeholders, systems, and resources available with the goal of preventing and ending homelessness in Indianapolis.

Vision: We believe everyone has the right to be housed and connected to care.

The Indianapolis CoC is not one entity and is not an independent or formal organization but is governed by a Governing Board, known as the Blueprint Council. The Blueprint Council is the delegated authority and decision-making body for the CoC. The Blueprint Council is responsible for:

• Setting strategy and defining annual system priorities and activities
• Monitoring system performance and implementation progress
• Reviewing and approving governing policy recommendations created within the implementation workgroups
• Aligning resources, activities, and allocating funding in accordance with implementation priorities.
• Only the Blueprint Council may designate an individual or entity to speak for the CoC or its components. 

2023 GOAL: To reduce black homelessness by 35% overall and to within each subpopulation- families, youth and young adults, veterans, and those experiencing chronic homelessness by January 2025.

Members of the CoC must:

•  Align with the vision of the CoC and the believe in housing as a human right
• Agree to center equity as a guiding force to dismantling disparities across the homeless response system 
• Agree to the annual system goals, priorities, and activities set forth by the Blueprint Council
• Actively participate in workgroups to support collaboration, coordination, policies, and practices that result in more effective, equitable, and efficient housing and services
• Participate in bi-annual or quarterly CoC convenings to support open and transparent communication around progress, challenges, and performance
• Participate in nominating and electing seats to the Blueprint Council for service provider and lived experience representatives
• Participate in utilizing the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) and adhering to data quality standards (or comparable system with data sharing agreements)
• Serve as a champion of the collective work and the solutions
• Actively engage in the exchange of ideas, information, and perspectives to foster trusting and mutually reinforcing relationships
• Commit to continued learning, improvement, and growth through participation in trainings, webinars, technical assistance opportunities