“We’ve seen in other cities. as transit gets developed that a lot of that becomes highly marketable property, especially near the transit stops, and we just want to make sure that we don’t leave some people behind or displace people.”
—Diane Schussel, senior community leadership officer at CICF

In this special episode of For Good, Diane Schussel talks about family stabilization—one of five of CICF’s leadership initiatives for Marion County—and how it is impacting our community. This episode is part of a special series introducing CICF’s strategic plan for Marion County. Listen to the other four episodes to learn more about how CICF is working to help create a more equitable Central Indiana.
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Transcription of episode available below.

WHO YOU’RE LISTENING TO

* Diane Schussel – senior community leadership officer at CICF

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* CICF’s strategic plan for Marion County
* Economic Mobility – a For Good episode with Andrew Black, CICF community leadership director
* Criminal Justice Reform – a For Good episode with Alicia Collins, CICF community leadership director
* Neighborhood Empowerment & Placemaking – a For Good episode with Pamela Ross, CICF vice president of opportunity, equity and inclusion
* Dismantling Systemic Racism – a For Good episode with Brian Payne, CICF president and CEO

You’re listening to For Good, Central Indiana Community Foundation’s podcast highlighting stories about passion, purpose, and progress in Central Indiana.
At CICF, we believe in creating a community where everyone can reach their full potential, no matter place, race, or identity.
In this episode, you’ll learn about one of the initiatives included in CICF’s five year strategic plan for Marion County from experts on our staff.
This is our community. And these are your stories.
DIANE: Hi, I’m Diane Schussel, senior community leadership officer at Central Indiana Community Foundation. CICF has a mission to mobilize people, ideas, and investment to make this a community where everyone has equitable opportunity to reach their full potential, no matter place, race, or identity. And we have five initiatives that will help us execute that mission in Marion County. One initiative is family stabilization.
Essentially, we’re looking for equitable opportunities for everyone to obtain housing, transportation, and health services. So my focus is broadly housing, we’re looking at access to housing around transit opportunities as Marion County and especially downtown starts to get a fuller array of transit opportunities. We want to make sure that there’s access to affordable housing for everyone located near transit. We’ve seen in other cities. as transit gets developed that a lot of that becomes highly marketable property, especially near the transit stops, and we just want to make sure that we don’t leave some people behind or displace people.