Lauren Schwentker joined WRTV as a Multimedia Journalist in July of 2024 after spending three years in Springfield, Missouri at the local NBC and ABC affiliate, KY3.
INDIANAPOLIS— A program helping the unhoused is creating even more space. Safe Park Indy is located on the northeast side of town and offers people living in their cars a free and safe space. 'There are 1,700 people on any given night who are unsheltered in Indianapolis,' said Emily Wachner, Safe Park Indy. 'We have a waiting list of more than 350 people at this point.
' The program launched in October and is seeing high demand which led it to securing another lot.The new location will open on the north side closer to the center of Indianapolis this January. The lot will be near services like Horizon House and others that people living in their cars need.WRTV talked with Emily Wachner, the community partnership director for Safe Park Indy. She says the wait list continues to grow with hundreds waiting for a spot.
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