Coburn Place

Coburn Place is Indiana’s largest provider of longer-term housing and support for survivors and their kids who are recovering from homelessness caused by domestic violence. We believe everyone deserves a safe home and that survivors are the experts in their own lives. We provide safe housing paired with meaningful support so families can heal and rebuild on their own terms.

We provide housing in two ways: 35 fully furnished apartments in a secure building, converted from a 100+-year-old school, and community-based housing with rent and utility assistance across Indianapolis. Families can stay for up to two years without rent or utility costs.

Safe housing is a first and important step, but it is not enough. Survivors are often facing extreme threats to their safety, as well as generational poverty, underemployment, lack of health care, generational cycles of abuse, and isolation. That’s why we pair housing with individualized advocacy and family-focused programs that support safety planning, access to resources, financial stability, and parent-child bonding. All services and programs are voluntary, free, and informed by survivor feedback.

At the end of their time living at Coburn Place, families move out to stable, permanent housing with stronger family bonds, new skills, and tools to thrive.

Our top funding priorities include maintaining our historic property as a safe, stable home and providing adaptable, responsive services, especially those related to the safety, health and self-efficacy of the women and kids we serve.