Center for Women & Children

"Come to me, all you that are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28

If you need housing at the Center for Women & Children, call 317.687.3630. Our location is 3208 E Michigan St, Indianapolis, IN 46201.

Begun in the early 90's by a group of concerned businessmen, the Care Center merged with Wheeler Mission Ministries in 2001. In 2009, the Care Center was renamed the Center for Women & Children (CWC). The CWC provides an environment that is safe physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Hundreds of women and mothers with children enter our doors seeking food, clothing and housing. The women find these vital needs supplied, but they also experience love and compassion, bringing rest for their weary souls. National studies indicate that the fastest growing segment of the homeless population consists of women and mothers with children, making the services offered at the CWC imperative to our community.

The average stay at the CWC is three months. During that time ladies are given Biblical counseling, job readiness training, job leads, educational assessment and tutoring, medical services, addiction counseling and encouragement to enter one of our long term residential programs. Within the CWC there are four main programs. Click here for a short description of the Emergency Housing program, a Special Needs Program, the Working Guest Program and the Higher Ground Program.

Everyone who seeks assistance from the CWC is given the necessities of food, clothing and housing. In addition, the CWC also offers:

84 beds providing emergency and long term housing

Bible studies, 3 days a week
Addiction classes (Overcomers Anonymous), are held on site

Group therapy sessions for seeking recovery from addictions
Case Management
Three meals served daily

Medical clinics twice a week, staffed by Gennesaret and Homeless Initiative Program
Six-month After-Care program

These items help in the short term, but when the Gospel of Jesus Christ is shared and women are given Biblical instructions on how to live, lives are changed!
 

To learn more about the Center for Women & Children, try one of the following:

1. Several of our graduates have been featured in the Mission's newsletter, The Inside Story. Click here to see some of the stories.
2. To tour the Center for Women & Children, email Lisa Hoffman or call her at (317) 687-3630.
3. To volunteer at the Center for Women & Children click here to see a list of the current volunteer needs. For more information, please email us at volunteer@wmm.org or call us at 317.635.3575.
4. To donate to the Center for Women & Children online, click here to go our secure online donation website.