Page last updated on June 15, 2017 at 9:26 am
Below is a list of local agencies whose missions align with eliminating homelessness in Monroe County. Links to their donation page (when available) have been included to assist our community in supporting them. This page is an evolving site and agencies may change over time.
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Centerstone
"Centerstone is the community's core provider of behavioral health and addiction services in Bloomington and Monroe County and its Noble Purpose is delivering care that changes people's lives. Centerstone provides individuals and families the opportunity for recovery and health through research-based behavioral health and substance use disorder therapy, treatment, technology, outreach, direct client assistance and education."
Community Kitchen
"At Community Kitchen our mission is to work, alone and in collaboration with others, to eliminate hunger in Monroe County and surrounding areas through direct service, education and advocacy."
Interfaith Winter Shelter
"Our mission is to provide a low-barrier winter shelter for homeless individuals in Monroe County from November 1 through March 31, from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m., seven days a week. Our purpose is to offer a warm, safe place to those who have no place to go and do not meet admission requirements for other shelter sites in this community."
LifeDesigns
"LIFEDesigns is a comprehensive resource for people with disabilities and their families in south central Indiana. We offer services for every stage of life. We aim to facilitate active citizenship, fulfilling relationships, and rewarding employment through inclusive communities that foster dignity and respect."
Monroe County United Ministries
"Monroe County United Ministries creates lasting solutions to economic, educational and social injustice in our community through quality services, collaboration and innovation. Our vision is a community free of poverty and injustice."
New Hope Family Shelter
"The mission of the New Hope Family Shelter (NHFS) is to provide temporary shelter for homeless families in Bloomington and Monroe County and, in collaboration with other agencies, to help those families regain housing by addressing the problems that led to homelessness."
Salvation Army
"The Salvation Army was founded with the basic social services principles of taking care of the physical and emotional needs of the hungry and homeless and remains an outward visible expression of the Army's strong religious principles, as described in our International Mission Statement."
Shalom Community Center
"Shalom Community Center envisions a community that honors every person's fundamental right to sustenance, a safe home, quality health care, and meaningful work. We see ourselves as a key leader in providing the full range of support and services for people dealing with poverty and homelessness in South Central Indiana."
Volunteers In Medicine
"In our community where human need and human resources are found in abundance, we partner with others to close the gap by providing a place where need and resources come together with compassion and dignity to promote healing, enhance health and create hope."
Wheeler Mission Ministries
"Wheeler Mission Ministries helps the homeless in Indiana. Wheeler is a non-denominational, Christian, social services organization, which provides critically needed goods and services to the homeless, poor, and needy of central Indiana without regard to race, color, sexual orientation, creed, national origin, or religion."