The state’s goal is to get 90 percent of calls to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline from Indiana answered by in-state crisis counselors by 2023.

Thousands of Hoosiers could be at risk of losing health insurance if and when the public health emergency ends.

In Indiana, only about half of elderly Hoosiers eligible for Medicaid are aging at home. FSSA has been working to help increase that, but the state agency is worried its plan could be disrupted by a bill that’s making its way through the legislative process.

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced this week that scholarships through the Build, Learn, Grow program will be available until March 2022. They were initially slated to end this October.

The push will be led by the state's Family and Social Services Administration and will marshal both public and private agencies across the state.

Indiana ranks as one of the worst states in the country for helping older people decide where they want to age -- at home or in a nursing facility.

Indiana is experiencing more substance use disorders and other mental health issues amid the coronavirus outbreak, the state's human services chief said Wednesday.

Indiana will step up the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, with the addition of a new benefit to deliver groceries to vulnerable people.

According to Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration, about 600,000 children qualify for the pandemic-related benefit.

Normally, about 1 in 5 people have state assistance. Applications have increased 75 percent since mid-March, state officials reported Monday.