WellSpring
WellSpring operates a nine-unit emergency shelter for families experiencing homelessness.
WellSpring operates a nine-unit emergency shelter for families experiencing homelessness.
Permanent supportive housing is a nationally recognized, proven, and cost-effective solution to meet the needs of...
We operate the only unsheltered street outreach program in Morgan County.
A Morgan County family experiencing homelessness needs you to be a life changer.
WellSpring offers emergency shelter and supportive services to families experiencing poverty and homelessness.
WellSpring operates a nine-unit emergency shelter with efficiency or one-bedroom apartments where residents live without cost. During their time at WellSpring staff partner with community partners to help families work towards self-sufficiency in their own residence.
HopeSpring’s approach integrates permanent, affordable apartments with best practices, community-based supportive services, to help those with long-term disabilities such as mental illness, physical, or developmental, chronic health conditions be able to access and maintain stable housing in our community.
We offer individually tailored and flexible services for all families. This model helps us to be more responsive to their needs, be efficient and effective in service delivery, and fully utilize our staff expertise. Services are designed to build independent living and tenancy sills as well as connect people to health care, transportation and more.
Since 1988, WellSpring has helped thousands of Morgan County families find a way out of homelessness and have empowered them to create brighter futures for their children. Our mission is to give them opportunities to stabilize their lives by offering shelter, advocacy, support and paths to self-sufficiency.
WellSpring is three agencies in one as we not only provide emergency shelter, but also permanent supportive housing for qualified families at HopeSpring and a centralized location for resources, referrals and connections as the Community Service Center of Morgan County (CSCMC).
The Community Service Center of Morgan County, Inc. was established in 1988 to meet the needs of a rising population of homeless families in Morgan and the surrounding counties.
The emergency shelter opened in 1989 on Morgan Street in Martinsville and provided basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, and referral to other local services. In addition to emergency shelter, the organization began offering transitional housing in 1996 when the Morgan County Commissioners, in conjunction with the Indiana Housing Finance Authority, provided the funding to purchase two off-site duplexes.
In 2002, the National Benevolent Association of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) donated property located at 301 W. Harrison St. in Martinsville, Indiana. The following year, the United Way of Central Indiana provided a capital investment of over $2 million to remodel sections of the donated building. In addition to nine (9) emergency shelter units and fourteen (14) transitional housing apartments, the donated facility provided needed office space, community areas for residents and their families, conference and tutoring rooms, space for a resident computer lab, laundry rooms, food pantry, and enough ground for two children’s playgrounds.
In December of 2008, the agency began doing business as WellSpring. WellSpring’s mission has been able to grow beyond simple shelter as current services now include intensive success coaching (case management), employment assistance, life skills classes, mental health and substance abuse counseling, nutrition and parenting education, and educational tutoring for youth. These supportive services help residents stabilize their situations, increase their interpersonal skill level, and assist them in moving toward greater levels of self-sufficiency, all while enabling families to remain intact. WellSpring continues to be the only family shelter in Morgan County and serves several surrounding counties.
This PDF takes you through the activities of each month of 2021. See photos from a variety of activities, including visits from Santa and the Easter bunny, our Bring-Your-Own-Box (BYOB) event, and a brave fund-raiser rappelling down a building!
WellSpring’s primary purpose is to support and provide assistance for families facing the challenges of homelessness through comprehensive education practices and active engagement in the community.