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Human Services
As city budget tightens, Center Township trustee has money to burn
April 6, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinIBJ SPECIAL REPORT: Center Township lowered its bank balance in 2012, to $6.7 million, but the biggest checks Trustee Eugene
Akers wrote weren't for emergency needs like food or shelter, the township’s main mission.
MoreTough times didn't spur spike in poor relief
April 6, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinHeading into the 2008 recession, Center Township sat on $10.5 million in cash, but sky-high unemployment and rising poverty
over the next four years failed to drain those funds, and the disconnect persists in several area townships.
MoreNew CEO of disability-services group to tackle red ink
March 16, 2013
Dan HumanEaster Seals Crossroads has promoted its No. 2 leader to take the top post—a challenging assignment at a time the organization
is weathering annual deficits of almost $1 million and facing uncertainty over future government funding.
MoreNFP of NOTE: CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions
February 9, 2013
CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions empowers older adults, those of any age with a disability and family caregivers to achieve
the greatest possible independence, dignity and quality of life.
MoreNFP of NOTE: Volunteers of America of Indiana Inc.
January 26, 2013
Volunteers of America of Indiana is a faith-based organization that provides life-changing services to enhance the physical,
emotional, spiritual and intellectual needs of individuals.
MoreSmall charity to use NBC show to boost visibility, vie for $1M prize
December 1, 2012
Dan HumanThe efforts of Indianapolis-based Timmy Global Health to improve health in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa while exposing
hundreds of students to the realities of the medical industry have earned it an appearance on network TV and a shot at a $1
million unrestricted grant.
MoreCity bans bulk land-bank sales after lopsided deal with not-for-profit
November 3, 2012
Cory SchoutenIndianapolis last year sold 154 properties from its land bank for $1,000 each to a novice not-for-profit, which immediately
flipped them for a total $500,000 profit. More than a dozen have changed hands multiple times since then, making investors
more than $1 million. (with interactive
map)
MoreAnti-hunger groups tap Six Sigma gurus for guidance
November 3, 2012
Dan HumanMembers of the Indy Hunger Network knew it would take discipline when they set the goal of feeding 185 million meals every
year—27 million more than they do now—by 2015.
MoreLocal Easter Seals CEO to retire after 32 years
October 18, 2012
James Vento, president and CEO of Easter Seals Crossroads, is retiring after 32 years at the helm of the Indianapolis-based
agency, the not-for-profit said Wednesday.
MoreNFP of NOTE: Joy's House
August 25, 2012
Joy’s House is committed to supporting families by providing exceptional adult day services.
MoreDonors slow to support agencies serving seniors despite growing need
August 4, 2012
Dan HumanThe aging population is expected to generate an explosion in demand for senior services—taxing a network of often thinly
funded providers. Executives of such not-for-profits say they often encounter apathy toward senior causes.
MoreNFP of NOTE: Trusted Mentors
July 28, 2012
Trusted Mentors uses the power of mentoring to help adults establish stable lives by reducing the chaos brought about by poverty,
homelessness, underemployment and the effects of incarceration.
MoreFairbanks leader Cross stepping down after impressive run
July 7, 2012
Scott OlsonWhen Helene Cross arrived to lead Fairbanks Addiction Treatment Center in 2001, the alcohol and drug rehabilitation hospital
was as sick financially as its patients were physically.
MoreCouncil mulls axing applications' prior-conviction box
July 7, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinCity-County Councilor Vop Osili thinks the city could level the job-seeking playing field for ex-offenders by eliminating
the question of past convictions on job applications.
MoreNFP of NOTE: HVAF of Indiana Inc.
June 30, 2012
HVAF of Indiana is dedicated to eliminating homelessness for veterans and their families through prevention, education, supportive
services and advocacy.
MoreReport: Charitable donations ticked up in 2011
June 19, 2012
Dan HumanCharitable giving grew 4 percent nationally in 2011, but the increase was less than 1 percent after adjusting for inflation,
according to a report released Tuesday by the Giving USA Foundation and The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.
MoreIndiana basketball star returns to west-side community center
June 9, 2012
Steve Downing is now on the board of Christamore House, where he and others once honed their hoops skills.
MoreLargest senior center in city to close at end of month
June 7, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis Senior Center, 708 E. Michigan St., is directing clients to other agencies for meals, transportation and other
services the center has provided since 1962.
MoreDamien Center pays off building mortgage
April 28, 2012
IBJ StaffAgency that offers HIV- and AIDS-related services owns its headquarters free and clear after $3 million capital campaign.
MoreNFP OF NOTE: Horizon House
April 21, 2012
Horizon House provides direct support to persons who are homeless.
MoreKomen grant recipients cope with controversy they didn't create
April 7, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinLocal health care providers won’t find an easy replacement for the grant money supplied by Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
That money could be in jeopardy, as grass-roots Komen supporters appear to be sitting out of this year’s Race for the
Cure in response to a national controversy over grants to Planned Parenthood.
MoreLocal Komen event feels fallout from controversy
March 29, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinWith the pace of registrations down 30 percent, local Race for the Cure organizers are pleading with past supporters not to
sit out this year’s event, regardless of their feelings about Susan G. Komen national policies involving Planned Parenthood.
MoreActivist trying to fill gaps in hunger-relief system
March 10, 2012
Hunger-fighting charities hope to tap volunteers and resources for special projects through a new entity, the Indy Hunger
Network.
MoreHospitality industry embraces Second Helpings grads
January 21, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinSecond Helpings—which rescues perishable food from grocery stores, hotels and restaurants and turns it into meals delivered
to shelters and community centers—also teaches people the basics of food handling and preparation. Its free, 10-week
training program boasts a job-placement rate of 85 percent to 95 percent within 30 days of completion.
MoreBosma Enterprises begins providing services for seniors
December 31, 2011
IBJ StaffThe organization that provides work for the blind is offering in-home vision assessments and a call-in entertainment line
for the elderly.
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These higher rates Co. e about only because physicians are now hospital employees. otherwise physicians couldn't charge these rates and share the windfall with the hospital. Community/rural hospitals probably not buying physicians practices and thus weren't getting the windfall anyway.
The incentive for poor people to get themselves off public assistance and "no longer be poor" is even with help...they're STILL POOR! Being poor, even with some assistance, isn't all that pleasant. (I speak from experience) It's a stubborn myth that poor people, who are on public assistance, are sitting in the lap of luxury. You should try living on just those "freebies" that you mentioned and see how meager they actually are. By the way, I didn't mean you had to buy/own a puppy...just pet one. :)
As near as I can tell the minority has ZERO constitutional obligation to offer a quorum to the majority. A requirement for quorum was inserted into the constitution so that tyrannical majorities could not simply shove through odious and objectionable legislation (which is exactly what they did.) By allowing a tyrannical majority to charge fines against the minority for exercising their constitutional prerogative to deny quorum the court as made a mockery of constitutional governance in the state of Indiana.
The voters elected the Reps to make a vote not walk out on the vote. They had to the right to exercise their opinion and vote "no" to the bill. Let me ask you this if you walked out of your job for 5 straight weeks would you get paid? Would you even have a job to go back to? If any elected official walks out on the people they should be arrested for stealing tax dollars from the public. They were elected to do a job and not leave when the job gets stuff.
I have been to several of their locations in Pennsylvania and always go in for 1 item and leave with a basket full of things. I'm very happy they decided on Indiana, now if only they would put the other store in eastside.