Lunch is provided. Homeless Connect of Southwest Indiana is a one-day, one-stop event with one mission: assisting the homeless and preventing homelessness. This is not a health or information fair, but an event to receive immediate, same-day services. Community agencies will provide services they normally offer in their offices and some services which are normally only accessible on-line. Guests
can sit down and talk to an actual person. Areas of service will include: employment & education, financial, government assistance, veterans services (veterans have their own, separate space inside the event), health screenings, behavioral health & substance abuse services, housing, legal, parenting resources, re-entry (after leaving jail) services, hospitality services (such as haircuts and foot care). Lunch and snacks will also be provided for guests. Who can benefit: Those who are homeless, as well as near-homeless. Near-homeless could be described as those living in poverty, those without stable housing, and those at high risk of being without a home in the near/immediate future due to inability to pay for housing costs. Causes can include: loss of paycheck due to loss of job (due to job being eliminate, needing to care for dependent, loss of transportation), domestic violence, medical problems, mental health issues, inadequate income as related to housing expenses. For more information, visit the City of Evansville and Vanderburgh County Commission website at www.evansvillehomeless.org .
