An Indianapolis Public Schools building will be used to house women, children and families experiencing homelessness this winter.

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

The Reuben Engagement Center, REC, will not re-open at its original location after changes made during the pandemic. Some say that is a mistake.

A new grant-funded program at The Damien Center, an AIDS service group in Indianapolis, was designed to help transgender people move into short-term housing.

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.

It's called a point-in-time count, a one-time survey of the homeless population meant to inform the city on how many people might require services on any given day.

A local group reports an estimated 12,000 people experienced homelessness in Indianapolis this year.

The ACLU says the city declared an emergency order, and used it to evict homeless people from sidewalks underneath a number of railroad bridges.

Thirty-plus years from concept to fruition, the first half year for the city-funded Reuben Engagement Center has seen its share of success and frustration.