More people died experiencing homelessness in Indianapolis in 2022 than in recent years. An annual ceremony remembered 197 individuals.

In 2018 when the city of Indianapolis laid out plans to end homelessness, it set out a goal that by 2023 no one experiences more than 30 days without a permanent, safe, affordable place to live.

A total of 1,761 people were found to be without a home on Jan. 24, 2022. In 2021 it was 1,928.

A change from pre-pandemic, the assessment of homelessness in Indianapolis will once again be taken over a period of days but still represent a single night in January.

There were 1,928 individuals counted in the 2021 Point-in-Time Count, a 21 percent increase over 2020.

CHIP Executive Director Chelsea Haring-Cozzi talks about winter contingency plans and move to help youth experiencing homelessness.

A ceremony remembered 58 people who experienced homelessness and died in Indianapolis this year.

The Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention, CHIP, gave the candidates five questions -- including how they would address racial disparity in the barriers to housing.

The award will allow the city to target already existing efforts and resources including supporting a variety of housing options.

Mental illness, chronic health conditions, substance abuse, a history of incarceration, and domestic violence were the key issues identified by those surveyed.