Find help, things to do, counseling, and more around Boone County

You can download the latest version of this guide as a PDF document provided by the Boone County Health Department and Community Foundation of Boone County. Download the PDF version of the guide

The Boone County Asset Guide is a free guide hosted by Sylvia’s CAC. Families and children who come to Sylvia’s CAC are often referred to partners around Boone County by our Victim Advocates. These partners provide things we don’t, such as food, financial assistance, tutoring, things to do, counseling, and a whole lot more.

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Aspire Indiana Health

Counseling and therapy for children, teens and adults, with a 24-hour crisis line and sliding-scale fees.

  • Lebanon
  • Key resource
  • 24/7
  • Crisis line
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  • Deaf and vocational services
  • Community-based case management
  • Transitional employment
  • Sliding scale fees
  • Outpatient services
  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Medication therapy
  • Whole health primary care
  • Family medicine serving all ages
  • Walk-in appointments welcome
  • Federally Qualified Health Center
  • Accepts Medicaid/Medicare, and most private insurance
  • Housing assistance
  • Whole health behavioral treatment for children, adolescents, and adults
  • Child, individual, family & group therapy
  • Psychiatry services
  • Community-based behavioral health treatment
  • Substance use disorders treatment
  • Extended outpatient program
  • Medication assisted therapy
  • Crisis services
  • Employment services
  • Deaf services
  • Whole health substance use disorders treatment for adolescents and adults
  • Group, family, & individual therapy
  • Medication assistance therapy
  • Accepts Medicaid/Medicare and most private insurance

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Center for Women & Children

Wheeler Mission

Provides meals, shelter, chapel services, medical clinics, residential program, and. Must have appointment for addiction recovery program.

  • Indianapolis
  • Key resource
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  • Provides meals, shelter, chapel services, medical clinics, residential program, and
  • Must have appointment for addiction recovery program

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Family Crisis Shelter

Long term shelter for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Counseling and support groups, legal advocacy.

  • Crawfordsville
  • Key resource
  • Crisis line
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  • Long term shelter for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault
  • Counseling and support groups, legal advocacy
  • Please call 911 if you are in an emergency

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Helping Hands Shelter

Emergencies: Call 911

Short-term emergency shelter for women and children. For victims of domestic violence.

  • Key resource
  • Crisis line
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  • Short-term emergency shelter for women and children
  • For victims of domestic violence
  • Group, advocacy, court support
  • Information and referral
  • Crisis Intervention Team (C.I.T)

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Transitional Housing: The Caring Center

Structured, managed home environment with comprehensive case management. For families in crisis or at-risk.

  • Lebanon
  • Key resource
  • Crisis line
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  • Structured, managed home environment with comprehensive case management
  • For families in crisis or at-risk

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Shelter for Men

Temporary shelter for men. Offers meals, chapel services, medical clinic, and case management.

  • Indianapolis
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  • Temporary shelter for men
  • Offers meals, chapel services, medical clinic, and case management
  • Check in daily between 3pm-6:30pm
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Habitat for Humanity of Boone County

Builds homes for qualifying low-income residents.

  • Zionsville
  • Key resource
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  • Builds homes for qualifying low-income residents
  • Orientation and applications offered 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6pm

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Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority (IHCDA)

Downpayment assistance programs. Information for homeowners and renters.

  • Indianapolis
  • Key resource
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  • Downpayment assistance programs
  • Information for homeowners and renters

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Veterans Crisis Line

Free, confidential, available 24/7. For veterans, service members, National Guard & Reserve, friends and families.

  • Key resource
  • 24/7
  • Crisis line
  • Free
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  • Free, confidential, available 24/7
  • For veterans, service members, National Guard & Reserve, friends and families
  • Also available for homeless veterans
  • For any sort of personal crisis- not just suicide

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Homeless Veterans Outreach Program

Counseling and referral for Veterans Affairs (VA) services. Case management and temporary housing.

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  • Counseling and referral for Veterans Affairs (VA) services
  • Case management and temporary housing
  • Connects veterans with housing solutions, healthcare, employment services, and other required support

Firefly Children & Family Alliance

Gene Glick Family Support Center

Liaison that provides in-home assistance. Help locating needed programs & services.

  • Indianapolis
  • Key resource
  • 24/7
  • Crisis line
  • Español
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  • Liaison that provides in-home assistance
  • Help locating needed programs & services
  • Assistance with needs such as:
  • Housing, utilities, food, clothing
  • Employment, education, transportation
  • Parenting, childcare, legal resources
  • Mental health, substance abuse information
  • Medical, dental, vision, disability issues
  • For caregivers of children 0-17 years old
  • Serving Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, and Putnam counties Emergency temporary shelter for homeless/ runaway youth and children removed from homes
  • Planned respite care for children
  • 24/7 access to a crisis worker
  • Youth services (short-term residential
  • Family preservation & reunification services
  • Support for young adults transitioning out of
  • Family Resource Center (food pantries, recovery support, career training, and more)
  • Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) provides parents in need with financial
  • Substance use and mental health treatment
  • Domestic violence and sexual assault survivor support programming

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The Caring Center

Free food and clothing in Lebanon, plus transitional housing and emergency help with bills.

  • Lebanon
  • Key resource
  • Free
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  • Monday & Wednesday, 8am-2pm
  • Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday, 11am-5pm
  • 1st Saturday of the month, 9am-12pm
  • Closed on 3rd Tuesday and 4th Thursday of the month
  • Clothing and food distribution
  • Cooking Club: Wednesdays 11:30am-1pm
  • Children Overcoming Poverty to Excel (COPE): support programs for children in poverty
  • Kids at the Table (KAT): support program for children receiving free/reduced lunches
  • Table Talk: group to discuss food issues
  • Cooking Club: weekly group meetings on nutrition and cooking
  • Getting Ahead: program for individuals in poverty to build resources and personal life plans

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Indiana 211

Not sure where to start? Dial 211 and a trained specialist will help you find local services.

  • Key resource
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  • Trained specialists provide information for:
  • Food, housing, shelter, healthcare, clothing, employment, volunteering, education, and legal aid
  • Support groups, parent counseling, suicide prevention, disaster assistance, and more

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Volunteers of America Ohio and Indiana

Housing facilities for veterans. Employment, treatment, and life skills training.

  • Indianapolis
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  • Housing facilities for veterans
  • Employment, treatment, and life skills training
  • Recovery housing for women and their kids
  • Housing assistance for homeless veterans

Listings come from the Boone County Resource Guide, 15th edition (March 2025), plus a few added by our staff. Download the printed guide (PDF). Tell us if something is out of date.