CHIP Indianapolis

10/15/2026

Do you know what’s really scary?
More than 2,000 of our neighbors enter homelessness in Indianapolis each year.

What’s scary are the systemic barriers that can push someone out of stable housing and keep them there.

Throughout October, we’ll be sharing the facts behind homelessness in our community and the work being done to create pathways home.

Our neighbors aren’t scary. The hurdles standing between them and home are.

If you’d like to help CHIP continue that work, you can support us here: https://www.chipindy.org/donate/

10/13/2026

✨ Meet the 2026 CHIP Celebration Award Winners! ✨

At this year’s CHIP Celebration, we had the honor of recognizing both individuals and organizations whose leadership, service, advocacy, and lived expertise are helping build a stronger homelessness response system in Indianapolis. 💙

From working directly alongside neighbors experiencing homelessness to strengthening systems, elevating lived experience, advocating for better housing solutions, and showing up for our community in countless ways, each of our 2026 award recipients represents a different piece of what it takes to make lasting change possible.

👉 Click through to meet this year’s honorees!

10/09/2026

🌟 2026 Diamond Service Award Winner Spotlight! 🌟

At the 2026 CHIP Celebration, we were honored to recognize Restee Johnson with the Diamond Service Award, CHIP’s signature honor celebrating an individual who has transformed lived experience of homelessness into leadership, advocacy, service, and hope for others. 💎

After more than 20 years of periodically experiencing homelessness, Restee now uses his lived expertise to help shape housing policy, strengthen community engagement, and advocate for systems that better serve our neighbors experiencing homelessness.

We’re grateful to Restee for trusting us with his story, for the work he continues to do in our community, and for showing what can become possible when people have access to housing, support, and opportunity.

🎥 Hear Restee share his story and the journey that brought him to this work.

Congratulations again to our 2026 Diamond Service Award recipient, Restee Johnson. 💙

10/06/2026

Downtown Indianapolis is changing, and housing is part of that story.

In a recent IndyStar article look at five trends shaping downtown, Streets to Home Indy is highlighted for helping connect neighbors who had been living outside with stable housing, and wraparound support.

Since January, at least 66 people who had been living downtown have moved into stable residences, while outreach partners have connected with hundreds more neighbors throughout the downtown community.

That progress matters because a stronger downtown isn't simply about development, construction or what we see on the street. It's about creating pathways for people to come home.

We're proud to be part of a collaborative effort demonstrating what is possible when Indianapolis invests in housing, coordinated outreach and long-term stability.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2026/10/01/the-state-of-downtown-indianapolis-explained-by-5-major-trends/92003087007/

A new report shows downtown Indianapolis is gaining residents despite high office vacancies and major gripes about construction.

10/02/2026

09/25/2026

Look what we did together, Indy 💙

Last night, our CHIP Celebration community helped us exceed our $5,000 fundraising goal, raising $5,331.40 to support CHIP’s work connecting people, partners, data, advocacy, and resources across Indianapolis’ homelessness-response system.

That’s 106% of our goal, and every gift, at every level, helped get us there!

Thank you to everyone who gave, bid, showed up, shared the evening with us, and continues to believe in a community where everyone has a safe place to call home.

We’re still taking in what an incredible night it was and we have so many photos, stories, and moments of impact to share with you soon.

For today, we just want to say: Thank you. We did this together.

09/23/2026

Friends, this is the final call before our annual CHIP Celebration tomorrow!

Come for the mission. Stay for the people. And make sure you try the Nameless Catering Company Buffalo Tortellini between conversations, too.

Tomorrow night’s menu:

✨ Chicken satay
✨ BBQ + sweet chili vegan meatballs
✨ Buffalo tortellini
✨ Cheesy spinach dip
✨ Pita + hummus
✨ Caprese
✨ A whole charcuterie station

And that’s all in addition to new impact awards, an awesome variety of silent auction items, incredible community partners, powerful conversations, a few surprises, and a room full of people helping move Indianapolis closer to home.

If you’ve been saying, “I should probably get my ticket…” This is us lovingly telling you: yes. Yes, you should.

Very limited tickets remain: https://www.chipindy.org/celebration/

Come hungry and ready to connect while we celebrate this past year's wins while reaffirming our goals for the next 💙

09/21/2026

Our is one of our favorite reasons to invite friends to our CHIP Celebration this week.

This event is about honoring the people who keep showing up and recognizing what becomes possible when a community chooses collaboration, housing and action.

We’re not celebrating because the work is finished. We’re celebrating because progress proves change is possible.

Join us Thursday, September 24 at 24 Shelby! Doors open at 4:30 PM and the program begins at 5:30 PM. Only a handful of tickets remain: https://www.chipindy.org/celebration/

09/17/2026

A little throwback to CHIP Celebration 2022, and a reminder of what makes this night so special 💙

It’s the conversations between program moments.
The hugs across the room.
The people reconnecting.
The new introductions.
The laughter.
The shared belief that Indianapolis can be a place where everyone has a safe place to call home.

On September 24, we get to do it all again.

Join us for the 2026 CHIP Celebration as we honor incredible community partners, hear powerful stories, celebrate progress, and spend an evening with the people helping move Indianapolis closer to home.

And if you’ve been thinking about coming, now is the time; only a limited number of tickets remain.

🎟️ https://www.chipindy.org/celebration/

09/17/2026

It's Thursday, and we are feeling especially thankful! 💙✨

We want to wish a giant "thank you!" to our 2026 CHIP Celebration sponsors, presented by Merchants Bank IN!

These partnerships make it possible for us to bring our community together to celebrate the people, organizations, and partnerships moving Indianapolis closer to home. 🏡

We are so grateful for your continued investment in CHIP’s mission and in our community's collective work.

We can’t wait to celebrate with you on September 24!

Don't want to miss this year's event?
🎟 Secure your ticket: https://bit.ly/4xq6KK7