Our Board

Indianapolis CoC Governing Board:
The Blueprint Council

The Blueprint Council is the delegated authority and decision-making body for The Continuum. The Blueprint Council is primarily responsible for: setting strategy and defining annual system implementation priorities and activities; monitoring system performance and implementation progress; reviewing and approving governing policy recommendations created within the implementation work groups; and aligning resources and activities and allocating funding in accordance with implementation priorities.

To learn more about Blueprint Council responsibilities, elected or appointed seats, and our commitment to diversity, view our Governance Charter.

2022 Blueprint Council Meetings

The Blueprint Council meets monthly and meetings are open to the pubic. The meeting schedule is below.

February 28, 2022 3:30 - 5:00 pm (Virtual only: Zoom)
April 18, 2022 3:30 - 5:00 pm (Hybrid: Zoom & Indianapolis City-Council Building, Room 2001)
May 16, 2022 3:30 - 4:45 pm (Hybrid: Zoom & Indianapolis City-County Building, Room 2001)
June 20, 2022 3:30 - 4:45 pm (Hybrid: Zoom & Indianapolis City-County Building, Room 2001)
July 18, 2022 3:30 - 4:45 pm (Hybrid: Zoom & Indianapolis City-County Building, Room 2001)
August 15, 2022 3:30 - 4:45 pm (In-person only: United Way of Central Indiana, Walker Conference Room)
September 19, 2022 3:30 - 4:45 pm (In-person only: Indianapolis City-County Building, Room 2001)
October 17, 2022 3:30 - 4:45 pm (In-person only: Indianapolis City-County Building, Room 2001)
November 14, 2022 3:30 - 4:45 pm (In-person only: Indianapolis City-County Building, Room 2001)
December 12, 2022 3:30 - 4:45 pm (In-person only: United Way of Central Indiana, Walker Conference Room)

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Blueprint Council Members

Pastor David Greene, Chair

Purpose of Life Ministries
Appointed: Faith Community

Ray Lay, Second Vice Chair

Elected: Individual with Lived Experience
Term: 2022 - 2024

Kay Wiles, Vice Chair

Homeless Initiative Program
Elected: Direct Service Provider, Permanent Housing
Term: 2022 - 2024

Breanca Merritt

Indiana Family and Social Services Admin
Appointed: System Representative

Scarlett Andrews

City of Indianapolis
Appointed: Director of Metropolitan Development

Imani Sankofa

Elected: Individual with Lived Experience
Term: 2022 - 2024

Sara VanSlambrook

United Way of Central Indiana
Appointed: Private Funder

Pamela Ross

CICF
Appointed: Funder

Carlette Duffy

Office of Public Health and Safety
Appointed: System Representative

Marcia E. Lewis

Indianapolis Housing Agency
Appointed: Interim Executive Director, IHA

Jeff Bennett

City of Indianapolis
Appointed: Systems Representative

Advisory Board Members

Angie Carr Klitzsch

EmployIndy

Dr. Virginia Caine

Marion County Public Health Department

Vacancies:

Business Representative
Funder
University/Research Partner Representative
System Representative (3)
Direct Service Provider, Crisis Response (Elected seat)

Learn More

Understand the expectations, responsibilities, policies, of the Blueprint Council and our governance structure.

2022 - 2023 MOUS

2022 Blueprint Council Executive Committee

Executive Committee Members: Pastor David Greene (Chair), Kay Wiles (Vice Chair) and Ray Lay (Second Vice-Chair)

The Executive Committee is charged with the following responsibilities:

Evaluating the conduct of council members, especially their compliance with the conflict of interest and attendance policies, set forth in the governance charter
Taking action to correct or remove council members who are not fulfilling their responsibilities
Setting and timely dissemination of the agenda for the Blueprint Council meetings
Setting and timely dissemination of the agenda for all-member CoC meetings
Setting and upholding process decisions to determine which issues go to the Council for official vote, and for determining when the need for action is sufficiently urgent as to require either an unscheduled meeting, or a vote by the Council on a matter which was not included on the publicly disseminated meeting agenda or action by the Council without a meeting
Calling emergency meetings of the full Council to coordinate messages and/or responses to public relations concerns or issues impacting the CoC
Coordinating the annual review and appointed entities and signing of MOUs, which can be terminated with 75% if Council member votes

The Blueprint Executive Committee meeting schedule is below. These meetings are not open to the public.

April 7, 2022 10:00 - 10:45 am (Virtual)
May 7, 2022 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Virtual)
June 2, 2022 10:00 - 11:00 am (CHIP office)
June 28, 2022 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (CHIP office)
July 19, 2022 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Virtual)
August 30, 2022 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (CHIP office)
September 29, 2022 10:00 - 11:00 am (CHIP office)
October 17, 2022 10:00 - 11:00 am (CHIP office)
November 29, 2022 2:00 - 3:00 pm (Virtual)