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Home and Homelessness

Post Written By Toscha Wilkins The word “home” has just as many meanings and is just as diverse as the people who live on this planet. For most of us home is where we feel safe, loved, nurtured and where we have a sense of belonging.  “Home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling” – Cecelia [...]

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For the Homeless, Where Does Hope Come From?

Post written by Toscha Wilkins.  Click here to learn more about our entire blog team. In our everyday contact with homeless clients, we realize that the services we offer might be the last shred of hope that they have. Most of our clients have exhausted both their formal and informal support networks, to the point [...]

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OUR HEALTHNET: In the words of our Homeless Initiative Program’s Case Worker

post written by Toscha Wilkins.  Meet the rest of our blog team here. “Our HealthNet” starts with the staff that come in every day prepared to assist our clients with getting their needs met and helping them to become self- sufficient. Debra Marshall comes in daily before our doors even open to make a fresh [...]

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A quick post: A Thank You to All Who Served

Memorial Day Weekend is one of the best weekend’s to spend in Indianapolis. 1) The first weekend of GREAT weather. 2) The Indianapolis 500 turns Speedway into the second largest city in Indiana for a day. 3) Cookouts, family, friends and a DAY OFF of work. But more importantly, we celebrate Memorial Day.  A day [...]

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#YOUTUBE WEEK: Gain an inside look into our Homeless Initative Program!

Street Outreach Employment & Training Workshop You can learn more about other services provided by our Homeless Initiative Program by clicking here.  Also, if you want to get more of an inside look from month to month, sign up for our eNewsletter today!

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Warming the Heart: Margie’s Story

In January, Margie Morris, a registration specialist at HealthNet People’s Health & Dental Center, had a dream. It was one of those wildly vivid dreams — the kind that leaves you breathless when you wake up. What was her dream? Oddly enough, it was about giving back to the Near Eastside — the community where [...]

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City-County Council Resolution No. 10, 2012 | HealthNet’s Homeless Initiative Program

  CITY-COUNTY SPECIAL RESOLUTION NO. 10, 2012  A SPECIAL RESOLUTION recognizing HealthNet‘s Homeless Initiative Program. WHEREAS, HealthNet‘s Homeless Initiative Program (HIP) has assisted thousands of Indianapolis’ homeless in finding employment and permanent housing since 1988, utilizing a multi-disciplinary approach to coordinate and provide housing, health care, outreach, employment and support services to the homeless in [...]

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You can help to……Open Doors With Care!

Did you know… 25% of the homeless in Indy are women fleeing from domestic violence?? 17% of Indy’s homeless are veterans?? HealthNet’s Homeless Initiative Program (HIP) recently launched an Open Doors With Care campaign in the hopes to raise $10,000 by March 10th to help Indianapolis’ homeless get back on their feet. As one of [...]

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Let’s Do Lunch: Indy Homeless Organizations Social Media Tweetup

Tomorrow is Leap Day! What better way to celebrate than lunch at the Indianapolis City Market? How about lunch with the organizations in Indianapolis that serve the city’s homeless population? Homeless organizations have long used the word-of-mouth tool to spread awareness for their services and needs, but today, word-of-mouth is amplified thanks to the improvement [...]

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Opening Doors in any way possible – A Thank You

Before Christmas, the IU Health Revenue Cycle Services team ran a fundraiser for our Homeless Initiative Program (HIP).  Even though this winter has been particularly warm, the holiday season is still a tough one for the homeless population.  When everyone else is thinking about the gift they want to receive that they would never buy [...]

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