Financial and academic support for youth who have aged out of foster care. Covers tuition/fees, room and board, books, transportation, childcare, and medical costs at accredited institutions.

Employment resources and support for Hoosiers receiving SNAP or TANF, including free job skills training, HSE/ESL classes, certified training programs, career assessments, resume assistance, and wrap-around support.

Free employment services, job skills training, and support for Hoosiers receiving SNAP benefits. Includes clothing assistance ($300/year), transportation ($125/month), and paid work training.

Federally funded voucher that pays most or all of the cost of licensed child care for working parents or parents in school/training. Family income must be at or below 135% of the federal poverty level at entry. Children up to age 13 (or 19 with special needs). Indiana administers via FSSA's Office of Early Childhood. Note: a waitlist is in place; FSSA is resuming new enrollments in late May 2026 with a 14,000-slot expansion. Priority goes to OMW Pre-K applicants, families under 100% FPL, and child care workers.

State-funded program providing free, high-quality Pre-K to 4-year-olds from working/training/in-school families at or below 135% FPL. Slot at a participating PTQ Level 3+ provider. For 2026-27 school year, child must be 4 by August 1, 2026.

Free monthly food benefits, breastfeeding support, nutrition counseling, and health/social-service referrals for pregnant or postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5. Income limit is 185% FPL (households on Medicaid, SNAP, or TANF auto-qualify). 174 clinics statewide; Hamilton County clinic is in Noblesville. Foods now loaded directly to a WIC EBT card.

Indiana's Medicaid expansion program for low-income working adults age 19-64 with household income up to 138% FPL (about $20,800/yr for one person; $35,600/yr for a family of three in 2026). Covers doctor visits, prescriptions, mental health, substance use treatment, dental, and vision through HIP Plus (with small monthly POWER Account contributions) or HIP Basic (no contributions, fewer benefits).

Free adult high school diploma program (Excel Center) for Hoosiers age 18+ who lack a high school diploma — accredited diploma, free childcare during class, transportation assistance, and free college credentials embedded. Closest Excel Centers to Hamilton County: Anderson, Lafayette Square (Indianapolis), Meadows (Indianapolis Northeast), Noblesville. Goodwill also operates Nurse-Family Partnership free home-visiting nursing for first-time low-income mothers across Central Indiana including Hamilton County.

NAMI Greater Indianapolis serves Hamilton, Marion, Hendricks, Hancock, Johnson, Shelby, Boone, and Morgan counties with 19 free programs including NAMI Connection (peer support for people living with mental illness), NAMI Family Support Group (for loved ones), NAMI Family-to-Family (8-session education course), NAMI Basics, and NAMI Ending the Silence for youth. All programs free, no referral required, offered in-person and online.

Indiana's first community mental health center (founded 1965), based in Indianapolis but accepting patients from surrounding counties including Hamilton. Comprehensive integrated dual-diagnosis care for adults: individual/group/family therapy, case management, psychiatric services, and the Caring Recovery Opioid Treatment Program offering medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) including methadone and buprenorphine. Sliding-scale fees; accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and uninsured patients.

Two complementary local resource hubs maintained by Hamilton County nonprofits. Help4HamiltonCounty (help4hamiltoncounty.org) is a curated directory of mental health, medical, food, housing, youth, and family resources searchable by 'Need Help Now' vs. 'Need Help Later.' Navigate Hamilton County is a behavioral-health-focused platform from the Hamilton County Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs that filters resources by ZIP code. Best starting point for Hamilton County residents who don't know which provider to call first.

Indiana's statewide community college with a full Hamilton County campus at 300 N. 17th Street, Noblesville. Offers short-term certificates (Phlebotomy, Pharmacy Technician, CDL, HVAC, Welding), Technical Certificates (1 yr), and Associate degrees in healthcare, construction trades, advanced manufacturing, business, social services, and IT. Eight-week terms let students stack credentials quickly. Most short-track programs run under 12 months and lead to family-sustaining wages.