South Bend, Indiana

Mayor James Mueller


South Bend Resources for Homelessness

Mission Statement: To provide resources and empathy to those experiencing homelessness, and those who encounter people in need.

Resource Map

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Downloadable PDF of DTSB Resources for Food, Shelter, Public Spaces (Nov 2025)

All Food Assistance Resources in St. Joseph County (PDF)

 


Resource Maps Available for Download:

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:

Affordable, Transitional, Low-Barrier Housing options

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

Crisis Contacts June 2025

Oaklawn Housing Services (June 2025)

Mental Health and Substance Use Resources (March 2025)

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. 529 people were counted. 46 were unsheltered.

In 2025, there were 452 shelter beds in South Bend, mostly full with waiting lists. There are 180 Transitional Housing beds. In addition, there are 391 units of Permanent Supportive Housing that use the Coordinated Entry system. Including non-profits, there are 119 sober living spots. 75 people were housed in Rapid-Re-Housing. In total, 1098 units of sheltered housing was available across the city.

Unsheltered emergency housing at weather amnesty was expanded in Summer 2024.  In January and February of 2025, we averaged over 90 people a night, with a high of 112.

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 Homelessness Training.

Pick up Narcan at a nearby location.

Refer someone to Oaklawn for help with housing and support services.

Walk someone through the housing decision tree to help identify the best place to help (MCHC)

We are funding an Outreach Team from Oaklawn to help get people onto our Region’s Coordinated Entry list.

We are providing trainings for agencies and organizations to better understand and address homelessness.

Low Barrier Shelter Report

Working Group Report on Chronic Homelessness

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

Updated mental health and substance use resource list.



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This web page was last updated on December 2, 2025. Links to other resources on this web page may have been last updated on a different date.
Email
chetler@southbendin.gov
Phone
574-520-2985
Address 215 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Suite 500
South Bend, IN 46601
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Carl Hetler
Carl Hetler Coordinator of Homeless Outreach

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