Lt. Gov. Crouch, IHCDA announce housing for youth exiting foster care

04/24/2024

Four new affordable housing developments across the state will provide housing for young Hoosiers

INDIANAPOLIS (April 22, 2024) – Hoosier youth aging out of the foster care system will soon have access to affordable rental housing at four locations around the state. Following the Indiana General Assembly’s approval of funding, the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) has announced the selection of four projects that will be developed to meet this need.

“Youth exiting the foster care system are vulnerable through no fault of their own, and it is our duty to provide them a smooth transition to adulthood,” said Lt. Gov . Suzanne Crouch, Indiana’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development. “These four housing projects represent a significant step in that direction and will ensure foster youth are given a chance to live productive, dignified and independent lives.”

The initiative is designed to develop affordable rental housing developments with supportive services for youth (ages 18-23) aging out of foster care. The legislature appropriated $5,000,000 in the 2023 budget session and IHCDA will add an additional $5,000,000 to the program in the form of grants.

The Request for Proposal was released in December 2023 with applications due February 2024. Applicants were required to consist of a team that included, at minimum, a nonprofit housing developer, a qualified supportive service provider and a property management company. The nonprofit developer must develop and own the rental units, provide or hire property management and comply with all IHCDA reporting requirements. The qualified service provider must refer eligible applicants and provide residents with services such as life skills, budgeting, mental health counseling, job coaching, GED attainment and other services. IHCDA evaluated applicants in partnership with the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS).

The four applicants selected are:

Lacasa of Goshen, Inc. and Bashor Children Home, for an 11-unit development in Goshen.
Firefly Children and Family Alliance, Herron Property Management and ALK Development, for a 12-15 unit development in Indianapolis.
New Hope Services, Inc., LifeSpring Health Systems and Herron Property Management, for a 10-14 unit development in Jeffersonville.
Building and Impacting Communities, Inc., Epiphany & Company and BWI Management, for a 20-unit development in Merrillville.

The projects must operate as affordable rental housing, not as transitional housing, an emergency shelter or a safe haven. All units are required to serve youth exiting foster care. IHCDA will monitor these developments for program compliance and will conduct periodic inspections.

Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full application for funding by December 2024. Initial applications did not include site control, zoning, site plans, architectural drawings or final budgets. The unit counts listed above are subject to change.

National Nonprofit Petco Love Invests in Vanderburgh Humane Society To Save and Improve the Lives of Pets in Southwestern Indiana

04/24/2024

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Evansville, IN (April 228, 2024) – The Vanderburgh Humane Society has received a $35,000 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love in support of their lifesaving work for animals in the Evansville region.

Petco Love is a national nonprofit leading change for pets by harnessing the power of love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since its founding in 1999, Petco Love has invested $375 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. And Petco Love helps find loving homes for pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations — like ours — across North America, with 6.75 million pets adopted and counting.

“Our investment in the Vanderburgh Humane Society is part of more than $15M in investments recently announced by Petco Love to power local organizations across the country as part of our commitment to create a future in which no pet is unnecessarily euthanized,” said Susanne Kogut, president of Petco Love. “Our local investments are only part of our strategy to empower animal lovers to drive lifesaving change right alongside us. We launched Petco Love Lost, a national lost and found database that uses patented image-recognition technology to simplify the search for lost pets.”

“Petco Love has been so supportive of our work for years. The best part about them as a partner is that they understand how overwhelming sheltering can be, and their grant application process and lifesaving investments reflect that,” said Amanda Coburn, Director of Advancement at VHS. “This lifesaving investment will help us support and retain our hardworking frontline staff who care for our pets day in and day out, so they can hopefully stay in an animal welfare career for the long haul.”

The Vanderburgh Humane Society is a nonprofit organization that serves more than 12,000 families every year through Adoption, Spay/Neuter, Humane Education, and many other programs that help keep pets with the people who love them. The VHS has been serving our community since 1957 and is one of the largest nonprofit shelters in the region, maintaining above a 90% save rate since 2020 while still remaining open-admission. Their clinic completed its 100,000^th spay/neuter surgery in December of 2022.

Indiana State Police Partners with DEA for 26th Drug Take Back Day

04/24/2024

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On Saturday, April 27, 2024, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is sponsoring the 26^th nationwide “Prescription Drug Take Back” initiative. The “Take Back” initiative seeks to prevent prescription drug abuse and theft through proper disposal of prescription drugs.

Collection sites will be set up nationwide for expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs which will be properly disposed of without threat to the environment. This program is for liquid and pill medications. Vaping pens without batteries and vaping cartridges will also be taken. Needles, new or used, WILL NOT be accepted for disposal. This service is free and anonymous with no questions asked.

This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.

In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—pose both potential safety and health hazards.

Once again, the Indiana State Police is pleased to partner with the DEA, and as in the past, unwanted medications may be dropped off at any Indiana State Police Post, except for the Toll Road Post. The event will be on Saturday, April 27, 2024, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

The Indiana State Police Post in Putnamville will have their collection on Friday, April 26, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

April Birthdays

04/24/2024

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Susan Jennings

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Angelica Rexing

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Vanderburgh County Marriage Licenses Issued

04/24/2024

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Vanderburgh County Marriage Licenses Issued

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Men’s golf takes 7th at MVC Championship

04/24/2024

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Men’s Golf Takes 7th At MVC Championship

Gushrowski and Rohleder pace UE in the third round

APRIL 24, 2024

SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. – Nicholas Gushrowski and Isaac Rohleder posted rounds of 74 on Tuesday to help the University of Evansville men’s golf team come home in 7^th place at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship at The Golf Club at Porta Cima.

Gushrowski and Rohleder finished the day at 2-over par to lead the Purple Aces. Completing the three rounds with a 233, Gushrowski tied for 38^th while Rohleder was three behind with a 236. He tied for 43^rd.

Carson Parker recorded the top finish for the Aces. Posting a 75 or lower in all three rounds, Parker scored a 224 on his way to a 26^th place finish. He carded a 75 in Tuesday’s final round. Daniil Romashkin was two behind him with a 226. Romashkin finished round three with a 78 but had Evansville’s lowest round of the tournament with a 71 on Sunday.

Next up was Caleb Wassmer. His round of 78 on Tuesday gave him a 230, tying him for 34^th. His low score was a 3-over 75 on Monday. Gushrowski tied for 38^th with his 233 while Rohleder came home in a tie for 43^rd with a 236.

As a team, Evansville improved in each of the three rounds before earning a 7^th-place finish. UE’s 301 in the final round secured the finish with a final total of 905 strokes. The Aces edged Illinois State by two while coming in six shots ahead of Bradley.

Southern Illinois took top team and individual honors. The Salukis’ 856 finished eight in front of Missouri State and 12 on top of Valparaiso. Edouard Cereto of the Salukis was the medalist with a 209. His tally was two in front of Valpo’s Caleb VanArragon.

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Aces complete series with Sycamores on Wednesday

04/24/2024

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Aces in Terre Haute for 3 p.m. CT game

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Another series will be decided on Wednesday when the University of Evansville softball team travels to Terre Haute to face Indiana State in a 3 p.m. CT game at Price Field. ESPN+ will have the live coverage of the game.

First Two Games

– The Purple Aces and Sycamores met in Evansville on March 12-13 with each team picking up a victory

– ISU opened with a 9-0 victory before the Aces rallied to take a 6-5 win in eight innings in the second contest

– Lacy Smith was the start of the victory, picking up the game-tying and game-winning hits in the come-from-behind win

Last Time Out

– UE earned a series win over Murray State over the weekend, taking two out of three games in Evansville

– Hannah Hood had the game-winning hit in the 8th inning of Friday’s 4-3 walk-off win

– Sunday’s game saw UE take a 5-2 victory to clinch the series as Hood was a perfect 3-for-3

– Sydney Weatherford earned both wins for the Aces, finishing with a 1.87 ERA in 15 innings of work

Finishing Strong

– Hannah Hood enjoyed a strong weekend against Murray State as she batted .500 with hits in each of the three games

– She picked up the game-winning hit in the 8th inning on Friday before going 1-3 in Saturday’s game

– Hood finished the weekend on a strong note, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBI in Sunday’s 5-2 triumph

– Batting .500 on the weekend, Hood saw her average rise from .231 to .257

Back on Track

– Jess Willsey entered the Murray State series on an 0-for-10 skid at the plate but a strong weekend saw her go 5-for-9 while batting .556

– Following a 1-4 game on Friday, she went 2-3 on Saturday before a 2-for-2 game in Sunday’s win while adding two runs

– Willsey has recorded a hit in 12 of the last 17 games and is second on the team with a .283 average and 20 RBI

Evansville’s Ace

– Sydney Weatherford got back on track with two strong efforts against Murray State

– Weatherford went 2-0 while posting a 1.87 ERA in 15 innings of work

– Friday’s 8-inning win saw her go the entire distance allowing three runs on six hits; in Sunday’s win, she allowed two runs, just one being earned

– In 8 appearances between March 15 and April 6, she gave up just eight earned runs in 50 innings

UE BASEBALL GAME AT PURDUE MOVED TO WEDNESDAY DUE TO RAIN EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Due to the forecast for constant rain

04/24/2024

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in the West Lafayette, Indiana area on Tuesday, the University of Evansville baseball game at Purdue has been moved to Wednesday evening at 5 p.m. central time. Now, the streaking Purple Aces will put its eight-game winning streak on the line on Wednesday against the Big Ten’s Purdue Boilermakers.

Evansville will enter Wednesday’s game with a 22-17 overall record after sweeping Bradley in a three-game Missouri Valley Conference series over the weekend. UE enters the week tied for the nation’s second-longest winning streak, as the Purple Aces have won eight-straight games, and 12 out of 13 games overall. It marks the fourth year in a row in which the Purple Aces have put together an eight-game winning streak during the course of the season, something that has never happened before in program history.

Pitching has helped power UE’s current eight-game winning streak, as over the last eight games, UE’s pitching staff has posted a 3.31 ERA. Freshman left-hander Kevin Reed (3-0, 7.50 ERA) will get the start in Wednesday’s contest. Reed is coming off of one of his best outings of the year last time out, as he allowed just three runs (two earned) over 5.0 innings of work at Indiana in the Purple Aces’ 5-4 win. Reed has been at his best this year against big-time competition, as he has posted a combined 1-0 record and 4.82 ERA in two starts against Indiana and Kentucky.

Offensively, Evansville continues to rank among the nation’s leaders in doubles, as UE currently ranks fifth in the country with 102 doubles. The Purple Aces are just five doubles shy of the national lead, and five different Purple Aces already have double-digit doubles totals on the year. Senior infielder/outfielder Kip Fougerousse and junior outfielder Harrison Taubert are currently tied for the team lead, and rank second in the Missouri Valley Conference with 14 doubles this season.

Purdue will enter Wednesday’s game at 25-15 overall. The Boilermakers boast one of the nation’s top freshman hitters in redshirt freshman Luke Gaffney. Gaffney will bring a .403 batting average into Wednesday’s game, and he has already set a new Purdue freshman record with 54 RBI this season. Gaffney provides the power in the Boilermaker lineup as well, as he has launched a team-leading 10 home runs, while also knocking 13 doubles and two triples. Overall, the Boilermakers are tied for second in the Big Ten in scoring at 8.4 runs per game.

All-time, Purdue holds a slim 20-19 edge in the series with Evansville, after the Purple Aces won three series meetings last year, including a 12-10 victory at Purdue’s Alexander Field. Wednesday’s game can be heard live in the Tri-State area on 107.1 F

EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

04/24/2024

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EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

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