#MergerMondays: Services for the Unhoused
Nonprofits serving people experiencing homelessness are navigating growing demand, rising housing costs, and increasingly complex needs. Across the sector, mergers are emerging as one way organizations are choosing sustainability, scale, and deeper alignment to strengthen legacy work rather than replace it. Recent updates from Indianapolis and Florida show how thoughtful collaboration can expand services and create new pathways toward stability and housing.
In Indianapolis, Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana and Horizon House announced a merger designed to increase resources for people experiencing homelessness. Horizon House, founded in 1988, serves more than 5,000 individuals each year through day shelter services, case management, and connections to housing and healthcare. By joining with the Indiana Goodwill, an organization with extensive workforce development, education, and employment programs across 39 counties, the merged entity aims to better integrate housing support with job training and economic opportunity. Together, they are positioned to scale services and respond more effectively to housing instability across Central Indiana.
In Brevard County, Florida, a merger between Daily Bread and the South Brevard Sharing Center is now complete, strengthening coordinated services under the Providence Connects umbrella. As part of this transition, Daily Bread closed its soup kitchen and shifted toward the Sharing Center’s escorted food shopping model, which allows individuals and families to select groceries alongside staff and volunteers in a dignified, client-centered setting. Looking ahead, the merged organization is advancing plans for Providence Place, an affordable housing development expected to include up to 120 deeply affordable units with supportive services, reflecting a broader move toward long-term housing solutions.
Taken together, these mergers reflect a broader truth in homeless services: sustainable impact often requires shared infrastructure, complementary expertise, and long-range vision. By combining forces, these organizations are expanding capacity, strengthening continuity of care, and creating more durable solutions for people facing housing insecurity. We celebrate these mergers not just for what they combine, but for what they make possible — stability, dignity, and pathways home.
Read more about their stories here:
https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2026/01/13/non-profit-providence-place-merger-complete
