Dayspring Center Inc

Programs: Emergency shelter - located 1537 n. Central avenue, indianapolis, in, dayspring provides emergency and overnight shelter 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to approximately 150 families annually. These families are typically at a crisis stage, and require the compassionate care, support and direction of our professional case management team. Residents are provided with food, clothing and shelter. Each month,approximately 2,500 meals are served. The average length of stay for each family is 45-60 days. Residents develop a goal plan to address their homelessness. These plans encompass areas such as: parenting skills and family counseling, money management training, transportation support, child care resources, affordable medical care access, literacy and educational support, employment skills training and job assistance. When families are stabilized enough to leave our facility, we provide them with follow-up case management. Families are also provided with programs and activities that help them grow, blossom and just have fun, such as our tutoring program and homework club for school-age children, art and recreational programming, birthday parties, picnics and summer camp.

wellspring cottage - transitional housing program - dayspring center also operates a transitional housing facility called wellspring cottage. Opened in 1998, this building located at 3736 n. Meridian street, indianapolis, in provides transitional housing to former dayspring residents, as well as other families starting along the path to independence. Wellspring has 12 apartments where residents can live for up to two years while they work on longer-term goals. Wellspring serves approximately 40 clients (total) per year. Similar to the dayspring system, our on-site case managers work closely with wellspring residents to ensure they remain employed, reduce debt, and receive job and life skills training. Because many recently homeless families are one paycheck, one illness or one accident away from losing their home, wellspring gives these residents the opportunity to learn money management skills by paying a portion of their utility costs and program fess, which in turn enhances their sense of independence.