Safe Indy East

We promise to create a welcoming environment in which all families and visitors feel safe and secure.  We aim to accomplish this by focused efforts on crime prevention, youth intervention programming, and supportive reentry services.

OUR GOAL: 

Reduce Serious & Violent Crime

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Work Cooperatively with Public Safety Officials

Work cooperatively with the Department of Public Safety and neighborhood residents to develop initiatives that aim to prevent serious and violent crime through community policing and focused activities to address mental health and repeat offenders.

Youth Crime Intervention Programming

Expand and develop youth crime-intervention programming, emphasizing at-risk youth populations to curb systemic crime and empower youth to become more engaged in their community.

Community-Focused Re-entry Services

Partner with community organizations to support families and neighborhoods impacted by incarceration and develop strategies to integrate holistic, community-focused re-entry services.

View the full SAFE Indy East Promise Zone strategy

Are you interested in learning more about the strategy behind the Safe Indy Promise and goals? You can access the full document or just view the specific Safe Indy East goals and partners.   

Safe IndyEast Promise Zone Funding History

To date, the Safe Indy East goal has been able to raise almost $11.5M to support safety initiatives on the Eastside of Indianapolis.
Amount Received for Safe Indy East: $11,323,333
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Cooperative Agreement to Benefit Homeless Individuals

This grant from the Department of Health and Human Services allowed Eskenazi to extend access to mental health and substance abuse treatment services.
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Training to Work 3 – Adult Reentry Grant #2

RecycleForce’s Training to Work Adult Reentry grant from the Department of Labor furthered RecycleForce’s mission to provide transitional employment and job training to permanently employ ...
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Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program: Planning

Out of the Department of Justice’s Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program grant came a community driven strategic plan from the Northwest Side of Indianapolis that ...
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Training to Work 3 – Adult Reentry Grant

RecycleForce’s Training-to-Work Adult Reentry grant from the Department of Labor allowed it to add 170 positions for ex-offenders seeking to successfully make new lives for ...
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Safe Indy East Map

Safe Indy East Map

Safe IndyEast Map displays public safety resources and facilities in the promise zone, with a community based crime reduction program in a focused area within the zone.

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Safe Indy East

News and Resources

Read the latest updates about IndyEast Safe projects, awarded grants, and milestones.