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Hoosier Action @hoosieraction.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
📣WE'RE HIRING!📣We are seeking Door to Door Canvassers to become part of our team! We are running an 8-week door to door canvass based in Monroe County to survey working Hoosiers about their lives. Learn more and apply by going to hoosieraction.org/jobs
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Hoosier Action @hoosieraction.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Join us tomorrow, Thursday February 26th for the 2nd Annual Harm Reduction Day at the Statehouse! It's not too late to register at hoosieraction.org/events. We're meeting at 11 am on the South Steps of the Statehouse for a vigil and press conference and will meet with legislators afterward.
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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 03/11/2025
NEW: When our politics feel distant and impersonal, place-based organizing is how we restore politics to a human scale: neighbors coming together to defend what they love and demand accountability where they live. IPS Rural Organizing Fellow @katehesspace.bsky.social of @hoosieraction.bsky.social:
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Democracy Begins Where We Live - OtherWords
Whether we’re facing flooding, AI disruption, or authoritarianism, it will be the people around us who get us through.
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana @fairhousingin.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
“I understand what the frustrations are, but us in the county jail becoming a homeless shelter — a quasi-homeless shelter — is not the answer, because it’s an added expense to our taxpayers,” Porter County Sheriff Jeff Balon said. indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/19/i...
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Indiana public camping ban moves to House floor • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Supporters framed the public camping ban as a way to connect homeless Hoosiers to services, while opponents argued providers don't have enough slots — pushing alleged violators toward jail time and fi...
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana @fairhousingin.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office says it stands with other Indiana sheriff’s offices in opposing Senate Bill 285. news.wnin.org/2026-02-18/s...
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Sheriff's Office Opposed to Homeless Bill
The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office is among law enforcement agencies opposed to an Indiana Senate bill that could send homeless people to jail
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Community Catalyst @communitycatalyst.org · 22/08/2025
Our partners in Indiana, @hoosieraction.bsky.social , showed up with people power. ✊ When lawmakers tried to gut Medicaid, advocates organized & shared their stories to block SB 2’s harm. This could be a blueprint for defending care. Read more pulse.ly/eit7ccdfu1 #HealthJustice
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Grassroots Power Saved Health Care in Indiana—We Need It Everywhere Now - Community Catalyst
In January 2025, Indiana lawmakers introduced Senate Bill 2, a proposal backed by the billionaire-funded Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA)
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
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More cuts threaten Indiana's rural hospitals - NewsBreak
Indiana has at least a dozen hospitals in danger of closing as more government cuts hit.
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 23/07/2025
1 in 5 US households have medical debt hurting their credit. Medical debt isn’t a measure of creditworthiness—it’s a measure of a broken health-care system. But a judge struck down a CFPB rule to keep it off credit reports. 👇
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Indiana proposed changes to Medicaid waivers that provide home and community-based services including a significant cap on certain therapy services. Advocates and providers said the proposal from the IN Family & Social Services Administration would harm people with disabilities and isolate them.
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Advocates, providers say FSSA proposed changes would hurt, isolate people with disabilities - NewsBreak
Indiana proposed changes to Medicaid waivers that provide home- and community-based services — including a significant cap on certain therapy services. Adv
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Previously closed slots for Indiana’s Medicaid waivers reopened on July 1. Those slots released by the state for the coming year will only cover about one-third of the 13.4k people on the Health and Wellness and the Pathways waiver waitlists.
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FSSA reopens Medicaid waiver slots, but only covers about a third of 13,000 Hoosiers on waitlists - NewsBreak
Previously closed slots for Indiana’s Medicaid waivers reopened on July 1. Those slots released by the state for the coming year will only cover about one-
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Hoosier Action @hoosieraction.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
We need you to take action TODAY to stop the dangerous federal #Medicaid cuts! Vote could happen as early as this afternoon. Go to hoosieraction.org/medicaid for more info & a call scripts. Join us Tuesday night for an action party. Register at hoosieraction.org/events.
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 29/06/2025
Just in case you missed this headline.
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 28/06/2025
They can tweak the Big Bad Bill all they want, but the plan is still the same: gut Medicaid to make billionaires richer. Don’t be fooled.
A bad bill with edits is still a bad bill.
 We won't stay silent. #HandsOffMedicaid #ThisBillKills
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/06/2025
Breaking news: The Supreme Court upheld a portion of the Affordable Care Act that requires health plans to provide free preventive care such as cancer screenings, contraception and immunizations.
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Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act’s preventive care mandate
The challengers argued that members of the Preventive Services Task Force were improperly appointed because they were not approved by the Senate.
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Hoosier Action @hoosieraction.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
The Senate is trying to push forward dangerous Medicaid cuts THIS weekend! Please CALL your Senators TODAY & voice your opposition to Medicaid cuts to fund a billionaire tax giveaway! We've got phone numbers and a call script on our website 👇 www.hoosieraction.org/medicaid
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The CEO of a prominent Indiana food bank on Wednesday said proposed cuts to SNAP and Medicaid “would be a disaster” for every single Hoosier. Fred Glass, CEO of Gleaners Food Bank, said these cuts would leave a catastrophic impact on the food insecure, Indiana workers, and communities.
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Federal cuts to SNAP, Medicaid would be ‘a disaster’ for Indiana, Gleaners CEO says - NewsBreak
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The CEO of a prominent Indiana food bank on Wednesday said proposed cuts to SNAP and Medicaid moving through the Senate “would be a d
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Hoosier Action @hoosieraction.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🚨Medicaid is under attack!🚨 We’re in a battle to save #Medicaid from dangerous federal cuts. Now is the time to step up to protect healthcare for 1.9 million Hoosier kids, adults & elders. Join us on Saturday at 1 pm ET for an Action Party on Zoom! Register at hoosieraction.org/events to join us
Tell Congress: NO CUTS TO HOOSIER HEALTHCARE! Action Party Saturday 6/28 1-3:30 pm ET Register at https://www.hoosieraction.org/events.
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana @fairhousingin.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
They're one of the many families who stop by Churches In Mission in Mooresville twice a month. The organization said they are serving more than double the amount of families this year than they did during the COVID-19 pandemic because of the Sun Bucks cut. share.google/XEeXHwriVH5x...
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'It's hard for everybody right now' | Indy families and pantries feeling the impact of the federal Sun Bucks cut
With summer vacation kicking off, some families may find it harder to get food for their children because of the cut to the federal Sun Bucks program.
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana @fairhousingin.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
State legislators have cut Indianapolis public health funding by more than 70% — hampering long-term efforts to improve the city’s vaccination rates, maternal mortality and child health. mirrorindy.org/indiana-legi...
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Indiana made an unprecedented investment in public health. It’s being cut already.
Indy’s department will only get $6 million to improve vaccinations and maternal health — a 70% cut.
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Sulma Arias @ariassulma.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
🔥 CONGRATULATIONS Amy, Anthony Tony and everyone from @hoosieraction.bsky.social on your BIG WIN as harm reduction becomes law in Indiana! Care Not Cuffs - this law will save lives, thanks to you! 👏
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Chris Karam, President of St. Joseph Health in Mishawaka, IN says 72% of Medicaid adults are working and nearly 40% of Medicaid enrollees are children. "The Medicaid program covers 20% of our population...A lot of people don’t know that.” He says cuts would put Hoosiers in a fragile state.
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Proposed Medicaid cuts could impact Indiana - NewsBreak
MISHAWAKA, Ind. (WSBT) — Potential changes coming to Medicaid are top of mind for health leaders today. A news conference was held on Tuesday afternoon dis
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana @fairhousingin.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Indiana residents can apply for money from the state to help make their home more energy efficient. The Indiana Office of Energy Development opened up more than $180 million in home energy rebates for Hoosiers last week. www.wfyi.org/news/article...
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Indiana opens up rebate program to help Hoosiers lower their energy bills, carbon emissions
The program is open to everyone including homeowners, renters and landlords. But how much of a discount you'll receive depends on your income, how many people you live with, and how much energy the u...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/05/2025
After being hired to promote Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program, Deloitte Consulting priced reports about its own marketing performance at $300,000 a month. A final report, which was due in February, could cost the state nearly half a million. ➡️ Read the full story: propub.li/3YOiJ66
An excerpt of Deloitte’s marketing contract shows its $300,000 per month expenditure on reports on its own performance, $250,000 per month for community outreach, $478,000 Final Marketing and Outreach Campaign Report, and $10.7 million total budget.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 23/04/2025
And this legislation is back for a third time, now as amendments to HB 1014. Call today, the vote may come very quickly.
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana @fairhousingin.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Addressing his colleagues Thursday, Sen. Ron Alting, R-Lafayette, asked for compassion in legislation relating to people living on city streets and said the government’s role is to “support them, not to go against them.” www.ibj.com/articles/sen...
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Senate axes public camping ban language, citing relevancy rule - Indianapolis Business Journal
Indiana's proposed public camping ban, which originated with a Texas-based think tank, has now died twice this legislative session.
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
IN SB 197 will turn homeless people with no shelter into criminals with rap sheets! This must be stopped immediately! www.votervoice.net/mobile/IACED... From Hoosier Action @hoosieraction.bsky.social
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana @fairhousingin.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
At The Woods at Oak Crossing apartment complex, I-Team 8 spoke with four different Black women with children. All four said their rent nearly doubled in the last four years. They all fear being evicted. www.wishtv.com/news/i-team-...
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Investor-owned housing increases evictions in Indianapolis, local leader says
Over 70,000 eviction notices issued in Indiana last year. Investor-owned housing a major contributor to the issue, says local leaders.
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Hoosier Action @hoosieraction.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
🧟ZOMBIE BILL ALERT🧟: Stop the Criminalization of Homelessness! We need your help to stop a dangerous zombie amendment on SB 197, which criminalizes homelessness. By taking action together, we killed this bill once, and we need your help to do it again!
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana @fairhousingin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Language that would allegedly "criminalize homelessness" has been added to an unrelated Senate bill at the Indiana Statehouse.  www.wthr.com/article/news...
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Bill that would allegedly 'criminalize homelessness' gets second life after it is inserted into an unrelated Indiana Senate bill
The original House bill failed in committee earlier this session but was added into a Senate bill on Monday, April 7.
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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Contact your State Rep and ask them to oppose the criminalization of homelessness in SB 197. Find your State Rep and their contact info at MADVoters.org.
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Hoosier Action @hoosieraction.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
On Tues we flexed our power at the Statehouse at our Protect #Medicaid Day of Action & we won more improvements to SB 2 on Wed! We brought together more than 150 Hoosiers from across 55 rural, urban, & suburban Statehouse Districts. #INLegis
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Indiana Capital Chronicle @indianacapitalchronicle.com · 02/04/2025
Hoosiers rally to protect Medicaid from state, federal action
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Hoosiers rally to protect Medicaid from state, federal action  • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Roughly 200 Hoosiers gathered in Indianapolis Tuesday, urging their elected officials to protect Medicaid from state and federal cuts.
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Cody Kirkpatrick @cody.im · 03/04/2025
Because of the direction of motion of these storms -- and any others that might develop that aren't on screen yet -- we'll have a tornado threat for the next couple of hours. Starting with the storm that's now moving toward Bloomfield, and then on it's way toward us.
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Hoosier Action @hoosieraction.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Our region is posed to get hit by MAJOR storms and potential for generational flooding today. @codykirkp.bsky.social provides great local updates -- recommend the follow!
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Greater Indianapolis NAACP @indynaacp.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Action Alert! Join @hoosieraction.bsky.social for Protect Medicaid Day of Action at the Statehouse on April 1st.
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NASW Indiana Chapter @naswin.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Our friends @hoosieraction.bsky.social are hosting a Day of Action to protect Medicaid in Indiana. Mark your calendars and plan to join us at the Statehouse on April 1. More info at www.hoosieraction.org/stop-sb2
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Jesse Mermell @jessemermell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Medicaid cuts = cutting epilepsy meds for 5y/o Victoria, whose daily meds prevent seizures. 48% kids in MA are on Medicaid. The GOP thinks health care for Victoria and 48% of our kids is waste. I wonder which billionnaire these cuts will make richer? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/24/m...
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Families, physicians fear what Medicaid cuts could mean for children in Massachusetts - The Boston Globe
Federal dollars pay for more than half of MassHealth’s $20 billion annual budget.
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Steve Hinnefeld @stevehinnefeld.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Thanks to @wfhb and local LWV for giving me a chance to talk about vouchers. wfhb.org/news-public-...
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Civic Conversations Talks to Steve Hinnefeld on School Vouchers - WFHB
This month, the League of Women Voters-BMC, Civic Conversations talks to Steve Hinnefeld, author of
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Kim Irwin @k11rwin.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Contact #INLegis members & ask them to stay the course with public health, maintaining funding at $150M/year. As the Journal Gazette frames the choice: Either continue down the path of reactionary cuts and short-term thinking or uphold their commitment to a healthier future for all Hoosiers.
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Lawmakers should prioritize public health over partisan posturing
The Indiana legislature’s scrutiny of Health First Indiana, the state’s largest public health funding initiative, highlights a frustrating pattern in policymaking: demanding immediate results from lon...
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Steve Hinnefeld @stevehinnefeld.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Great reporting by @wdownard.bsky.social. Note: FGA was also behind the push last year to weaken child labor standards, which IN did.
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Sulma Arias @ariassulma.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
🔥 THANK YOU @hoosieraction.bsky.social for stepping up to defend #Medicaid in #Indiana! Your organizing is what the country needs right now to protect our health and the services we all need!
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Indiana Capital Chronicle @indianacapitalchronicle.com · 19/03/2025
"Not a deadbeat:" House amends out cap on Medicaid plan, keeps work requirements
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"Not a deadbeat:" House amends out cap on Medicaid plan, keeps work requirements • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Proposed work requirements under the Healthy Indiana were the key focus of three hours of testimony on Tuesday.
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana @fairhousingin.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
A House committee opted on Tuesday to remove an explicit cap on the Healthy Indiana Plan that would restrict enrollment to 500,000 people but kept the controversial work requirements, passing Senate Bill 2 on an 8-4 vote along party lines. indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/03/19/h...
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"Not a deadbeat:" House amends out cap on Medicaid plan, keeps work requirements • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Proposed work requirements under the Healthy Indiana were the key focus of three hours of testimony on Tuesday.
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Hoosier Action @hoosieraction.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
🌟BIG NEWS: Organizing Stops Dangerous Medicaid Enrollment Caps in SB 2🌟 Today during the Public Health Committee hearing Rep. Barrett's amendment to remove the arbitrary 500,000 person HIP cap passed! #Medicaid
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana @fairhousingin.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Indiana is facing a severe housing crisis, characterized by escalating rents, increased foreclosure rates, & substandard housing conditions. The FHCCI is actively working to combat these issues by facilitating open housing for all and advocating for tenant protections. www.wishtv.com/community/co...
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Community Link: Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana
The Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana is addressing Indiana's housing crisis by providing essential services and advocating for tenant protections.
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Hoosier Action @hoosieraction.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
⚠️Call TODAY to Stop SB 2 Medicaid Killer Bill! ⚠️ SB 2 is being heard in the Public Health Committee TOMORROW at 8:30 am. We need you to take action ASAP to STOP SB 2! SB 2 will kick hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers off of their healthcare & make Indiana's Medicaid programs more expensive to run.
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MADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
From @hoosieraction.bsky.social : ⚠️Call TODAY to Stop SB 2 Medicaid Killer Bill! ⚠️ SB 2 is being heard in the Public Health Committee TOMORROW at 8:30 am. SB 2 will kick hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers off of their healthcare AND make Indiana's Medicaid programs more expensive to run.
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana @fairhousingin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
“We need every resource to be put together more efficiently, not lobbed off at this time,” Bradley said. “These [largescale] and systemic staffing and programmatic cuts will result in a loss of housing, and loss of life,” Amy Nelson of Fair Housing Center of Central IN. fox59.com/news/hoosier...
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Hoosiers call on Gov. Braun to help close affordable housing gap
INDIANAPOLIS — As legislative efforts to address housing affordability concerns continue to stall, the nearly 500 individuals and organizations across the state that make up the Hoosier Housi…
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Steve Hinnefeld @stevehinnefeld.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Important story with comments from @hoosieraction.bsky.social
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana @fairhousingin.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Cutting access to HIP, however, is unlikely to make a dent in the state’s Medicaid spending. That’s because 90% of the program is funded by the federal government; the other 10% comes from taxes on Indiana hospitals and tobacco products. mirrorindy.org/medicaid-hea...
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Indy residents fear massive cuts to Medicaid
People covered by Indiana’s expanded Medicaid program say it has saved them from death and medical debt.
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