Central Indiana Community Resource Guide

Supporting your health beyond our sessions.

1. The Starting Point: Indiana 211

For any immediate need, your first step should be to connect with a community navigator.

  • Dial: 2-1-1 or (866) 211-9966 (Available 24/7)

  • Text: Your ZIP code to 898-211 (Mon–Fri, 8am–5pm)

  • Website: in211.org

211 is a free, confidential service that connects Hoosiers with local resources for food, housing, utilities, and healthcare.

2. Food Assistance (Central Indiana)

  • Indy Hunger Network / Community Compass: An interactive app and website to find food pantries, hot meals, and WIC/SNAP retailers in Marion County and surrounding areas.

  • Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana: Provides a large-scale "Mobile Pantry" and a "Community Cupboard" on the southwest side of Indianapolis.

    • Address: 3737 Waldemere Ave, Indianapolis, IN

    • Web: gleaners.org

  • Eskenazi Health "Fresh for You" Market: A grocery/pantry hybrid that provides vouchers for patients screening as food insecure.

3. Housing and Utility Support

  • Indiana HousingNow: A search tool for affordable and accessible rental housing across Indiana.

  • Aspire Indiana Health (Housing Services): Provides housing assistance and property management for affordable and recovery-based housing in Boone, Madison, and Marion counties.

    • Phone: (877) 531-3236

    • Email: sdohreferrals@aspireindiana.org

  • Community Action of Greater Indianapolis (CAGI): Provides energy assistance (EAP) to help with utility bills and weatherization.

    • Web: cagi-in.org (Serving Marion, Boone, Hamilton, and Hendricks counties).

4. Legal Aid (Evictions & Housing Rights)

  • Indiana Legal Help: A project of the Coalition for Court Access that provides self-help forms and connects you to free/low-cost legal clinics.

  • Indianapolis Legal Aid Society (ILAS): Provides immediate legal assistance to low-income individuals in the donut counties (Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, and Shelby).