Human Services, Inc.

The Coaching for Success (CFS) Initiative moves people forward to a better quality of life. Our efforts are to build the skills necessary in participants so they may grow in their own abilities to become independent. Coaching for Success (CFS) places a strong focus in the areas of income, education and housing. Coaches actively work with their participant to define their strengths and weaknesses and set participant driven short- and long-term goals.

Coaching for Success (CFS) is a highly collaborative Initiative. Human Services, Inc. utilizes all community resources. Strong, genuine partnerships are forged with other agencies, organizations, faith-based groups, businesses and most importantly with our participants. There is no time limit on this partnership. Generational poverty does not happen overnight… neither does moving out of it.

Provides funds to assist income qualified households with electric and/or heating bills who have an energy burden primarily during the winter months. EAP assists with a variety of heat sources including but not limited to: electric (prepaid and regular), natural gas, bulk fuel (propane, fuel oil), wood, and/or households that have one or more of the utilities included in the rent.

Head Start and Early Head Start programs provide FREE early childhood services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services. Programs’ services are designed to be responsive to each child and family’s ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Emergency Family Shelter is a 30-day program designed to coach and assist homeless families within Bartholomew County. Families must have been residents of Bartholomew County prior to their housing crisis.  A four-bedroom home located at 724 Chestnut Street in Columbus, Indiana.  This home gives us the ability to house four families at one time.

Program for homeless individuals and families. The program consists of two forms of assistance, coaching and financial assistance. Coaching includes, but is not limited to, goal setting, budgeting, referrals, etc. Coaching assists participants to move forward towards stability. Participants MUST be willing to work towards their goals and work within the program. The financial assistance can come in the form of rent and utility deposits, arrears on rent or utilities, and partial rent assistance. Financial assistance is dependent upon participation in the coaching process. Participants MAY receive assistance anywhere from one month up to one year. This will be based on individual need and the need is determined on a month to month basis.

The Housing Choice Voucher Program comprises the majority of the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority’s Section 8 rental assistance programs. IHCDA administered vouchers help approximately 4,000 families’ pay their rent each month. Eligibility for the Housing Choice Voucher program is based on a family’s household income. The voucher covers a portion of the rent and the tenant is expected to pay the balance. The tenants’ share is an affordable percentage of their income and is generally calculated between 30 to 40 percent of their monthly-adjusted gross income for rent and utilities.