The ordinance prohibits anyone in the Mile Square - the area around Monument Circle - from sitting or lying down on a public pathway between 6 a.m. and midnight.

The effort is one part of a recently-developed five-year plan to end homelessness in the city.

WFYI's Drew Daudelin sat down with Matthew Morton, a researcher on youth homelessness, to talk about traditional approaches to homelessness and what new research tells him about how it could change.

Some who support the ordinance say downtown panhandlers are creating safety concerns and hurting business.