Emergency Services

NOTE:

If you need shelter at Wheeler, you can call the shelter at (317) 687-6795 or come to 245 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis. Click here for a map. Check-in time is from 3PM to 4:30PM daily. Exceptions will be made for first-time guests only.

Emergency Shelter Services

The Mission provides temporary emergency shelter to homeless and/or disadvantaged men. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, showers, clothing, chapel services, case management (with referrals to onsite and offsite social service agencies) are provided. Medical, dental, podiatric and vision services are also available.

Winter Contingency Plan

The Winter Contingency Plan was devised to save the homeless population from life-threatening exposure to inclement weather. This plan, which is coordinated by Wheeler for both men and women throughout the metropolitan area and is activated when outside air temperature drops to or below 32 before morning or to or below 40 with any type of precipitation. Temporary residency rules are relaxed during this period that runs from November 1 to March 31 each year. After all beds in the city are filled Wheeler then houses all overflow within their facilities.