Indiana communities are responding to at-risk veterans’ needs by staging Stand Downs to help connect those who have served with the resources they have earned.
Stand Downs connect homeless and at-risk-for-being homeless veterans with a wide variety of services, including employment and housing referral as well as VA and medical benefit counselors. In 2013, an estimated 57,849 veterans were homeless on any given night, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban wwwelopment (HUD).
MFRI offers small grants to support community Stand Downs, and also provides toolkits that help communities organize these events (see chart).
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MFRI-supported Indiana Stand Downs |
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CITY |
LOCATION |
DATE |
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South Bend |
South Bend Community Based Outpatient Clinic |
Sept. 25, 2014 |
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Michiana |
North of Four Winds Field |
Sept. 25, 2014 |
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Muncie |
Muncie Mission Ministries |
Sept. 26, 2014 |
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South Bend |
South Bend Community-Based Outpatient Clinic |
Oct. 2, 2014 |
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Grant County |
YMCA, Marion |
Oct. 3, 14 |
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Anderson |
Anderson |
Oct. 17, 2014 |
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Churubusco |
Churubusco Community Child Care Center, Churubusco |
Oct. 18, 2014 |
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Southern Indiana |
Nachand Field House, Jeffersonville IN |
Nov. 5, 2014 |
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Kokomo |
VFW Post |
Nov. 7, 2014 |
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Tippecanoe County |
Tippecanoe Fairgrounds, Lafayette |
Nov. 8, 2014 |
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Terre Haute |
Vigo County Fairgrounds |
Nov. 14, 2014 |
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Fort Wayne |
Safe Haven Facility, Fort Wayne |
Nov. 21, 2014 |