United Way of Central Indiana awards $25,000 grant to Hope Healthcare Services
FOR RELEASE: Feb. 25, 2026
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United Way of Central Indiana awards $25,000 grant to Hope Healthcare Services
Grant will help meet residents’ basic needs
HENDRICKS COUNTY – United Way of Central Indiana is awarding a $25,000 grant to Hope Healthcare Services to help meet residents’ basic needs.
The grant comes from United Way’s Basic Needs Fund, which supports the region’s most vulnerable neighbors, ensuring they have access to life’s essentials: safe and affordable housing, healthy food, transportation and health services.
This is the second year United Way has opened funding of this kind to nonprofits outside its accredited network, part of United Way’s ongoing work to reach more people in more communities across its seven-county service area.
“We’re so grateful to United Way for this Basic Needs Fund grant and for recognizing the importance of accessible health care in Hendricks County,” said Cliff Sweazey, executive director of Hope Healthcare Services. “This support strengthens our ability to care for individuals and families without insurance with dignity, compassion, and affordability. The grant will help us expand access to medical, dental, and mental health visits and connect patients to needed resources and follow-up care. It’s an investment in prevention and stability — so our neighbors can stay healthy, working, and caring for their families.”
United Way announced Wednesday that it is awarding a total of $1.16 million in grants to 28 nonprofits across the region, and the funding is expected to serve more than 59,000 people across Central Indiana. This round of grant funding was open to nonprofits in Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan and Putnam counties not currently accredited with United Way.
While the other nonprofits that received funding in this grant cycle are headquartered outside of Hendricks County, many of them serve Hoosiers throughout the region, including Hendricks County residents.
“We’re committed to expanding our investments across Central Indiana,” said Shannon Jenkins, United Way’s vice president of impact. “These grants support essential basic needs such as transportation, housing, health services and food access while also funding family-focused programs that strengthen education and long-term economic mobility for children and their parents or caregivers. By investing beyond our accredited partner network, we can expand collaboration and increase impact across our seven-county service area.”
Hendricks County has been part of United Way of Central Indiana since 1967. Since 2019, United Way has invested over $5 million in Hendricks County and partnered with 23 nonprofits and schools.
United Way works to tackle generational poverty, with a focus on basic needs, early care and learning, economic mobility, and safe and affordable housing.