HOUSING FIRST
The rest will follow.
Welcome to ECHO Housing
Providing opportunity through housing for our community since 1991
Welcome to ECHO Housing
Providing opportunity through housing for our community since 1991
Guided by our belief that every man, woman, and child deserves a place to call home, ECHO Housing works with compassion and advocacy to make that belief a reality. ECHO Housing has six federally funded housing-centric programs which all serve a unique and important role in our community.
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Learn About ECHO HOUSING Community Programs
Link to: Lucas Place
LUCAS PLACE
Link to: Lucas Place II
LUCAS PLACE II
Link to: Garvin Lofts
GARVIN LOFTS
Link to: New Start & Renaissance 16
NEW START & RENAISSANCE 16
Link to: Promise Zone
PROMISE ZONE
Link to: Housing First
GARFIELD COMMONS
Link to: Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program
HOMELESS VETERANS REINTEGRATION PROGRAM
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION
ECHO Housing is committed to modeling Diversity and Inclusion by maintaining an environment with equitable treatment for all. It is through Diversity that multiple identities are represented, Equity that fair treatment, access, and opportunity are provided, and Inclusion that the thoughts and ideas of all individual’s matter. This model ensures those we serve have a feeling of connectedness. Our organization engages the full potential of everyone to increase innovation and integrate the views, beliefs, and values of those in our community.
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Promise Home
Coming in 2023!
27, 1-bedroom units of permanent supportive housing coming soon!
A Proud Supporter of the Fair Housing Program
We encourage and support the nation’s affirmative housing program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, or familial status.
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We are honored to have Garvin Lofts nominated for the Key Award for Supportive Services Program of the Year, a prestigious statewide leadership award presented by Prosperity Indiana (AKA Indiana Association for Community Economic Development), which recognizes an innovative and service-oriented community development program that improves quality of life for Hoosiers.
Thank you to our partners at Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority (IHCDA), Cinnaire, First Merchants Corporation, ECHO Community Healthcare, and CSH, the Source for Housing Solutions.
Garvin Lofts opened in 2018 as the first permanent supportive housing program in Indiana for those co-experiencing chronic homelessness and medical vulnerability. EHC partners with ECHO Community Healthcare to provide on-site medical services to our residents. Garvin Lofts is a beautiful, adaptive reuse of a historic Evansville building, that houses 27 one-bedroom apartments and on-site supportive services. The residents enjoy the spacious community area, TV lounge, and outdoor serenity space with gazebo.
We are honored to be selected by the Indiana Department of Veteran Affairs (IDVA) as the 2023 Non-Profit Partner of the Year! ECHO Housing was selected for our dedication in enhancing the lives of Indiana Veterans.
For more information about how we serve those who so selflessly served for our country, visit our website: www.echohousing.org – The Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP) and Lucas Place II.
Press Release:
IDVA selects ECHO Housing Corporation as 2023 Non-Profit Partner
Non-profit serves homeless veterans in southwest Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs (IDVA) announced today the selection of ECHO Housing Corporation to serve as Non-Profit Partner (NPP) in 2023. The program partners IDVA with an Indiana non-profit dedicated to enhancing the lives of Indiana’s Veterans.
ECHO is a non-profit organization based in Evansville, Indiana and serves homeless veterans in nine southwestern Indiana counties through two veteran-centric programs. ECHO provides employment-centric case management services for hundreds of homeless veterans through its Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP). ECHO also has six emergency shelter beds for immediate use by veterans served in HVRP. In addition to HVRP, ECHO also operates Lucas Place II, the first permanent supportive housing site in the state of Indiana specifically for veterans. This facility has 27, 1-bedroom apartments for veterans experiencing homelessness. ECHO provides on-site case management for all residents and works tirelessly to increase the quality of life for each Veteran.
Together, IDVA and ECHO will plan the annual IDVA golf outing as well as other events throughout the year to raise funds for ECHO’s mission; raise awareness of state and federal benefits available to veterans; and foster community, camaraderie, and connection.
“We strive every day to end veteran homelessness, and the programs ECHO provides align with our goals to enhance the lives of all Indiana veterans,” said Dennis Wimer, IDVA director. “I look forward to working alongside ECHO over the next year.”
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ECHO Housing works with compassion and advocacy, guided by our belief that every man, woman, and child deserves a place to call home.
Happy Holidays from ECHO Housing!
Each year our team, with incredible support from the community, works countless hours to ensure every man, woman, child and Veteran that previously experienced homelessness is included in a holiday celebration. Through the purchase, wrapping and delivery of Christmas gifts, to the warm holiday food served, our team leaves no one without for the season.
We want to extend a very special thank you to these critical, life-changing team members for their compassion and work.
We also want to thank the community donors, partners and organizations that make every year special for those we serve.
From our ECHO Housing family to yours - have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Looks like an amazing group of people!!
As we approach the holidays, we recognize the generous support of the community for those we serve. We will be thanking a number of local individuals' and organizations as we receive gifts for formerly homeless men, women, children and Veterans within our programs.
Today we want to thank the following:
- IBEW Local 16 for their donation of fuel cards for our Veterans
- Road Knights for their unwavering support with gifts for our children
- Sheila Reid for donating toward men and women that have experienced chronic homelessness
It is from these partnerships we can work to achieve our vision: a community where everyone has a place to call home.
Thank you!
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