Ark Muncie

06/12/2026

We have a new water delivery system.
It’s a 150 gallon bladder that fits in the back of the van. It’s got a hose on the end we use to fill up buckets.

06/12/2026

Rockin and arkin! We had a great crew tonight. We got to catch up with a lot of folks. We collected a whole lot of trash and distributed about 75 gallons of water.

06/11/2026

We met 3 couples newly homeless on the same day. The hub provided tents. We did the best we could supplying blankets, water buckets, trash cans.
We went to Menards to get a trash can and trash bags. It was $60!!!!🫣

06/11/2026

Indiana Treatment Centers will soon open a new facility in Muncie, expanding substance use and mental health treatment services in Central Indiana.

06/11/2026

New Indiana law spotlights urgency of local homeless population

Homelessness is often misunderstood as a problem confined to larger cities, but the reality is much closer to home. Across Delaware County and in surrounding communities, individuals and families face housing instability for reasons that are often deeply personal - job loss, domestic violence, mental health challenges, medical hardship, or simply the growing inability to afford safe housing.

This issue becomes even more urgent as Indiana prepares to implement a new law on July 1 that prohibits unauthorized camping or sleeping on public property. While intended to connect vulnerable individuals with services, it also raises difficult questions for communities like ours: Where do people go when they have nowhere to go? How do we balance public policy with compassion, dignity, and practical solutions?

At YWCA Central Indiana, we know homelessness is not a moral failure, but a moment in time. More often, it is the visible outcome of trauma, poverty, abuse, illness, and systems that leave vulnerable people with nowhere to turn.

The faces of homelessness in our community may surprise you. Nearly half of those we serve are children under the age of 17. Each year, more than 150 children pass through our emergency shelter, and 30 percent of the women we serve are age 70 and older.

For women and children especially, homelessness can begin with a single crisis. A mother escaping domestic violence may have no safe place to turn. A family living paycheck to paycheck may be pushed into instability by one unexpected emergency. These stories are not rare, nor are they someone else’s problem.

Safe housing is more than a roof overhead. It is the foundation for safety, healing, stability, dignity, and hope. Without it, every other challenge becomes harder to overcome.

YWCA Central Indiana is deeply committed to serving women, children, and families throughout our region with dignity and practical support that helps create lasting change. But lasting solutions require more than temporary responses—they require affordable housing, accessible mental health resources, community partnerships, and a shared commitment to seeing every person as worthy of care.

How we respond to homelessness says a great deal about who we are as a community.

Because every person deserves more than survival.

06/09/2026

We have a homeless doggo with worn out pads from walking a lot.
Does anyone have any medium dog shoes?

06/08/2026

06/03/2026

A low estimate of the amount of trash we pick up per year from abandoned homeless camps is over 10 tons or 20,000lbs.
State law 285 goes into effect July 1. It will drive people without homes off public property where we have access to them and drive them into private properties where we won’t have access.
Who is going to collect all the trash when they have to go into hiding in abandoned buildings and deep wooded areas???

06/01/2026

The state offers punishment for the homeless(ACT285) but offers no pathways to success. Without a clear path to success and only a clear path to ruin we will only create a nihilistic response.
A lot of people sleeping rough, already feel defeated and hopeless. When you add threats and laws against their existence, it will only create an atmosphere of nihilism. “Why try at all if I’m just going to inevitably end up in jail.”
There is a better approach! Management over eradication.

05/30/2026

We had some folks ask about us posting our cashapp venmo and tithley donation information.

We will do this but we normally only post when we have a large need. Small donations are welcome large donations are not needed at this time. Thank you all 🙂. If donations over $100 come in we will be giving to the Happy Hideaway Sensory Gym as they need some help keeping the lights on. If you prefer to give directly to the gym, click the tithley link and select the drop down for them.

Items needed if you would like to pick them up. They can be dropped off at the new norm church. Or I can share my address and pickup on Monday and Thursday evenings.

Trashbags - 33gallon and contractor
Gloves
5 gallon food grade buckets
30 day bus passes from MITS
Tents-3person Ozark trail from walmart they are about $30. Green and white.

Here is our tithley link if you prefer to give this way.

https://give.tithe.ly/?formId=273962bf-1615-4444-9c67-917dc4d63654

Thank you all so much for your support! We appreciate everyone in the community standing by us 🥲. Spread Love and Kindness Always ❤️.