South Bend, Indiana

Mayor James Mueller


South Bend Resources for Homelessness

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Save the Date: Point in Time Count
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Resource Maps Available for Download:

DTSB Resources for Food, Shelter, Public Spaces (Winter 2024)

Weather Amnesty Details (Nov 1-Apr 30)

Homeless Resources Map (May 2024)

Recursos Para Personas Sin Hogar (Mayo 2024)

Northwest Neighborhood Resource Map
Southeast Neighborhood Resource Map
Western Neighborhood Map

East Bank Neighborhood Map

Additional Resources:

Monthly Online Training
Support SB: Housing, Legal, Education, Food, Transportation, Health Links

Crisis Contacts June 2024

Frequently Asked Questions


For 24 hours in January, we completed a Point in Time count of all unhoused people, both those in shelters and those unsheltered. 547 people were counted. 44 were unsheltered.

In 2023, there were 552 shelter beds in South Bend, always full with long waiting lists. In addition, there are 335 units of Permanent Supportive Housing that use the Coordinated Entry system. Including non-profits, there are 119 sober living spots. In total, 1006 units of sheltered housing was available across the city.  Unsheltered emergency housing at weather amnesty averaged 51 people a night, with a high of 83 in January.

Low-barrier housing doesn’t require a person to have good credit, a clean criminal background, or even be in good health. But when you give a person housing, they no longer have to worry about their safety because they’re sleeping in a car or under a bridge. They don’t have to worry about hygiene and health because they have access to hot showers. And they don’t have to worry about what will happen to their possessions because they have a space of their own to store their belongings.

In other words, spending more on reducing barriers to care and housing, and improving the quality of treatment so that people with addiction actually want to participate is far more effective than other measures.

For more information, please visit the New Day Intake Center’s website.

Please use the contact form below to reach out to us.

Join us for an upcoming online training.

Low Barrier Shelter Report

Working Group Report on Chronic Homelessness

 

Download our list of resources for mental health, self-harm, youth, veteran, domestic violence, or substance use specific services.

 

Save the Date for the Annual Point in Time Count

 We are beginning preparations for the annual Point in Time Count (PIT), which is scheduled for January 29th-30th, 2025. The City of South Bend will be leading the PIT this year. Harry Gilbride, Blake Nipper, and Carl Hetler will be the lead coordinators. The count will begin in the evening on Wednesday, Jan. 29th, and continue through noon on Thursday, Jan. 30th. We will need volunteers to help count people in South Bend, Mishawaka, and Roseland. Please fill out the contact form below if you are able to volunteer. Join us for an upcoming information meeting on November 19th. 

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Recent News Coverage

Land purchased for potential New Day Intake Center (WNDU)

Community Trainings on Addressing Homelessness 

“Tackling Homelessness” (WNIT Politically Speaking)

“Building Empathy: Addressing Homelessness and Trauma in Our Community” (MCHC)

DCI Presentation on the New Day Intake Center.

This web page was last updated on November 4, 2024. Links to other resources on this web page may have been last updated on a different date.
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chetler@southbendin.gov

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Carl Hetler Homelessness Coordinator

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