Other Important Social Services
Overview
Indiana has many services to assist and aid low-income families. The following is a list of available services and the corresponding contact information.
Indiana 2-1-1
2-1-1 is a free and confidential service that helps Hoosiers across Indiana find the local resources they need. Dial 2-1-1 to connect with a navigator 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Indiana 2-1-1
- Dial 2-1-1 or 1-866-211-9966
Lead and Healthy Homes Division
The Lead and Healthy Homes Division works to reduce the incidence of childhood lead poisoning in Indiana.
InConnect
InConnect helps you locate resources available through the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA). These include SNAP (for food assistance), TANF (for cash assistance), First Steps, and other programs.
Indiana Community Action Association
Community Action Agencies operate an array of programs which include, but are not limited to: Head Start, Energy Assistance Program, Weatherization Program, Individual Development Accounts, Homeownership Counseling, Owner Occupied Rehabilitation, Housing Development, Foster Grandparents, Child Care, and many more programs and services.
- Indiana Community Action Association
- Phone Number: 317-638-4232
Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD)
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development provides resources related to employment, job training, and unemployment benefits.
- Indiana Department of Workforce Development
- Phone Number: 1-800-891-6499
Indiana Donated Dental Services
Donated Dental Services (DDS) volunteers provide comprehensive treatment to eligible patients. Individuals must lack adequate income to pay for dental care and have a permanent disability, be age 65 or older, or qualify as medically fragile.
- Donated Dental Services
- Phone Number for Southern Indiana: 1-800-452-6022
- Phone Number for Northern Indiana: 1-877-733-6585
Indiana Long Term Care Partnership Program
The Indiana Long Term Care Insurance Program (ILTCIP) is an innovative working partnership between the State of Indiana and private long term care insurance companies. Indiana has taken the lead in helping its residents protect their hard-earned life savings from the high cost of long term care by promoting the awareness of long term care.
Indiana Navigators
A certified navigator can help you apply for health insurance through the state or the federal marketplace.
Indiana WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) Program
WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) is a nutrition program, nationally recognized as an effective means for improving access to nutritious foods and promoting healthier eating and lifestyles.
Medicare
You can find information on applying for Medicare and Medicare benefits.
- Medicare
- Toll-Free: 1-800-633-4227
MOMS Helpline
The MOMS Helpline is committed to improving pregnant individual's access to early and regular prenatal care and connecting them with a network of prenatal and child health care services within their local communities, state agencies and other organizations around Indiana.
- MOMS Helpline
- Toll-Free: 1-844-624-6667
Social Security Administration
Through the Social Security Administration, you can request a replacement SSA card, apply for disability, retirement, or Medicare benefits, or apply for Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
- Social Security Administration
- Phone Number: 1-800-772-1213
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
The State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) is a free and impartial counseling program provided by the Administration on Community Living the Indiana Department of Insurance for Medicare beneficiaries in Indiana. SHIP is part of a federal network of State Health Insurance Assistance Programs located in every state. SHIP provides health insurance counseling for people with Medicare. All services are free.
- State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
- Phone Number: 1-800-452-4800