Funded Programs in Income

Transitional Housing

Bridges Community Services provides transitional (supportive) housing opportunities for forgotten populations: single dads with children and single women, as well as housing for single moms with children. The goal for each of these programs is that the family will leave Bridges better educated, more gainfully employed and able to sustain permanent housing.

A Better Way

A Better Way is an ongoing emergency domestic violence shelter and provides a host of related services. The program includes the provision of safe and sanitary shelter and services for women and children who are homeless due to domestic abuse.

Men's Shelter and Rehabilitation Program

Muncie Mission strives to provide solutions to the problems that bring men to their facility. Providing food and a bed meets the immediate need, but does not solve the underlying cause and real need. This program deals strongly with addictions counseling and uses the 12 Step program for recovery. There are 5 levels to the program, the final being the move to an independent living apartment building.

Family Service Program

Muncie Mission provides emergency services to families in need of food, clothing, utility assistance, shelter, or any of life's basic needs.

Home Repair Assistance

Rebuilding Together Delaware County provides volunteer labor and materials to repair homes owned by people who are unable to perform the work for themselves and are not able to afford to pay a contractor to perform the work for them.

Shepherd Center

Open Door Community Services provides this two-year transitional housing program which provides families with the supportive services and referral sources needed for the families to work toward self-sufficiency and independence.

Residential Program

YWCA provides low cost housing for women and children in need of shelter.

Emergency Food and Financial Assistance Program

Salvation Army provides emergency financial and food assistance to those in crisis in Delaware County whose total household income is within 200% of the federally established poverty level. Services include, but are not limited to: Emergency utility assistance, food pantry, seasonal assistance, housing assistance, prescription assistance, transportation assistance, and extensive referral service to other area resources.

Core Program: Ending Hunger

Second Harvest Food Bank provides food to all food pantries in the county in an effort to eliminate hunger. Additionally, the organization runs the Tailgate food distribution program, in which families may periodically receive food directly from the organization at a community distribution location, generally a community center.

Armed Forces Emergency Services

American Red Cross is authorized by the US Government to locate service men and women who have been deployed by the military in cases of family emergencies back home, to ensure families are able to remain in touch during serious life events.

Disaster Services

American Red Cross provides emergency services to all residents in an affected area during a natural or man made disaster, as well as during a personal disaster, such as a house fire.