“ It isn’t officially Fall until Fall Repair Fest! ” shares one of our long-time volunteers, and she’s exactly right. On October 25th, 109 general volunteers from across Indianapolis joined 12 volunteer Site Supervisors as well as Home Repairs for Good staff to provide critical home repairs for 11 older homeowners , including two veterans and our oldest homeowners served that day, who was 89 years old. Of those 109 volunteers, 61 were joining Home Repairs for Good for the

Right now, across the country, houses are being abandoned. Not because people want to leave, but because they have no choice. The Joint Center for Housing Studies recently reported that 6.7 million households are living in homes that don’t meet basic safety standards.

AARP Indiana’s mission of redefining and improving life for Hoosiers 50-plus includes striving to make our communities more livable.  A livable community is one that is safe and secure for people of all ages. It offers choices in where to live, how to get around, and it equitably serves residents of all ages, ability levels, incomes, races, ethnicities, and other backgrounds. This is of growing importance across the nation, but even more so here in the State of Indiana. Accor

“It’s more than just a job,” Andy says. “We’re teaching them skills they can carry with them anywhere — whether they want to start their own

The no cost repairs provided by Home Repairs for Good volunteers give homeowners the support they need to maintain their home and sometimes

In this op-ed in the Indianapolis Recorder, Rachel Nelson, Executive Director of Home Repairs for Good shares how collaboration and targeted

Saturday, October 29th was a brisk fall morning that made its way into an absolutely perfect sunny fall day for our 2nd Annual Fall Repair Fest, LEAF your home repairs to us event! Our neighborhood partners, The Edna Martin Christian Leadership and Legacy Center and the Martindale-Brightwood Community Development Corporation, hosted NeighborLink Indianapolis and 102 volunteers for the kick-off that morning. A continental breakfast was had, assignments given out, and remarks m

In March of 2021, Marian University’s Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) program began to sketch out an opportunity for students to work with individuals. Participating in NeighborLink Indianapolis’ in-home client assessments proved to be a perfect match. We partnered with a classmate and NeighborLink Indianapolis Director of Client Services, Tom Miller, for home visits. In these face-to-face meetings with clients we were able to hear their stories and gain a bigger picture of the

Recent studies have shown your zip code can impact your life expectancy, both positively and negatively. Known as social determinants of health, Eskenazi Health recognizes where you live, learn and worship can significantly affect your health and quality of life. For more than 160 years, Eskenazi Health has continued to find and support new ways to address social determinants of health affecting the patients and communities Eskenazi Health serves. Food as medicine Nearly 200

By Wes Trapp & Eric McMillion At NeighborLink, our mission is clear, help individuals with disabilities and senior homeowners in-need age-in-place safely and with dignity. When we get a chance to partner with an organization that shares the same passion in helping among some of the most vulnerable in our communities, we take it. In 2021 NeighborLink partnered with Indiana Construction Roundtable (ICR) for their BY Plus Training Program . ICR provides a successful BY program t

Our costs have shifted with our updated ways of covering the needs in our community, with that, we’ve noticed three big areas where funding

Today is a day full of gratitude. We give thanks for every person that has contributed in some way to our mission of helping homeowners age in place safely and with dignity. Frequently we hear from homeowners we’ve been able to help and we’d like to share three of those notes of thanks with you. Ms. Willa is a sweet homeowner in her eighties who shares her home of 48 years with her grandson, his wife, their little baby and an adopted daughter. For the last two years the fami

BOO! Home Repair Doesn’t Have to be Scary encouraged volunteers, both seasoned and new, to provide home repairs

The CDC reports that 1 in 4 Americans over the age of 65 experiences a fall each year, leading to more than 3 million injuries and 800,000 hospitalizations. As members of the care management team at IU Health Connected Care in Indianapolis, our job is to help keep our patients as safe and healthy as possible, and that often includes conversations about their home and risk of falling. IU HealthConnected Care is enhanced primary care exclusively for adults on Medicare, Medicare

Dave Withey, Founder and Executive Director of NeighborLink Indianapolis Foundation (NLI) will step down from that position September 1, 2021. Withey started NLI in 2013 shortly after retiring from a career in IT with Lilly. A few helpful home repairs for neighbors led to his realization that a gap within Indianapolis’ social services left low-income homeowners, specifically seniors and those with disabilities, at risk of losing their home or being unable to age in place. Wit

I have been working alongside NeighborLink Indianapolis as an AmeriCorps Public Ally for the last ten months. NeighborLink Indianapolis provides home repairs to low-income individuals with disabilities and senior homeowners at no cost. Most of my work with NeighborLink Indianapolis has been behind a computer working with data systems helping establish their customer relations management system; however, I made it out to volunteer a couple of times during my time with them. A

This role coordinates the projects and students for the BY Plus program. The BY Plus program provides construction work experience to young adults with the goal of helping them begin a career in construction or a construction-related field. The Project Coordinator is responsible for the planning and logistics related to weekly work experience projects in conjunction with other members of the NeighborLink team. The Project Coordinator will be present at each work experience pr

We are so honored to be among the finalists for the Impact 100 Change-Maker grant! Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis , a charitable women’s giving circle, announced during their “Big Reveal” virtual event on May 12, 2021 that NeighborLink Indianapolis Foundation is one of five Central Indiana nonprofit organizations that will compete for a $100,000 high-impact grant on June 29, 2021. In lieu of the traditional awards celebration, the Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis 2021 Change

What do a credit union and a home improvement non-profit have in common? The goal of helping their local community! Indianapolis-based Elements Financial is proud to support NeighborLink Indianapolis through multiple grants and corporate contributions, involvement in our annual all-employee volunteer day, and employee representation on the NeighborLink board. Elements employee and NeighborLink board member Jake Engel explains, “When we first met with a representative of Nei

“The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secure for all of us and incorporated into our common life.” —Jane Addams Jane Addams, a founder of the field of social work and Hull House in Chicago, a pioneer and relentless warrior for social justice, exemplifies the impact that service to others can have on our own mental health. As a young woman, following the death of her father in the summer of 1881, Addams experienced depression and suffered fr