About Bridgeway Community Services Indianapolis, IN
Built by a Nurse Who Watched People Fall Through.
Bridgeway Community Services Indianapolis provides safe, structured shared living for adults rebuilding after incarceration, homelessness, and treatment.
Why Bridgeway Community Services Indianapolis Exists
At Bridgeway, where you are going matters more than where you have been.
We provide safe, structured, affordable shared housing for adults in Indianapolis who are working toward stability and independence. Our homes are built for dignity, accountability, and steady progress, for people who are ready to move forward.
Bridgeway exists to bridge the gap between where someone has been and where they want to go. We provide more than housing. We provide structure, resources, and a community that expects something of you and helps you meet it.
Housing and support services are non-medical. Residents who need clinical care are connected to licensed providers.
Our Vision, Mission, and Purpose
Our Vision
To become Indiana’s leading community-based organisation bridging the gap between crisis and stability, empowering adults transitioning from incarceration, homelessness, recovery, and other life challenges to rebuild their lives with dignity, purpose, and hope.
Our Mission
Bridgeway Community Services exists to provide safe housing, compassionate support, resource navigation, life-skills development, and community partnerships that empower adults to successfully re-enter society, achieve self-sufficiency, and build brighter futures. We meet people where they are and help them become who they are capable of becoming.
Our Purpose
Our purpose is to bridge the gaps that stop people moving forward. Housing, employment, healthcare, education, transportation, recovery, family connection, community support. Bridgeway connects people with the resources, guidance, and encouragement to create lasting change.
Our Purpose
Our purpose is to bridge the gaps that stop people moving forward. Housing, employment, healthcare, education, transportation, recovery, family connection, community support. Bridgeway connects people with the resources, guidance, and encouragement to create lasting change.
“Every person deserves an opportunity to rebuild with dignity, accountability, and hope.”
Our Commitment
At Bridgeway Community Services, we are committed to:
- Treating every person with dignity, respect, and compassion.
- Providing a safe, structured, supportive environment where healing and growth can happen.
- Serving people without discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disability, or past mistakes.
- Building partnerships that expand access to employment, education, healthcare, recovery, and permanent housing.
- Encouraging personal responsibility while offering encouragement, mentorship, and accountability.
- Advocating for second chances, because a person's past does not determine their future.
- Strengthening individuals, families, and communities one life at a time.
“Building Bridges. Restoring Lives. Empowering Futures.”
Meet the Founder
Jayella Jackson, RN
Bridgeway Community Services was founded from both professional experience and personal understanding.
As a Registered Nurse, I have spent my career caring for people during the most vulnerable moments of their lives. Before nursing, I worked for years in correctional settings. I saw firsthand what people run into when they try to rebuild after incarceration. People who wanted a second chance but had no stable housing, no employment, no community support, and nobody who believed in them.
It is also personal. I have had close family members experience incarceration and homelessness. Watching people I love struggle to regain stability showed me what people face long after they have served their time. One setback should never define a person’s future. Everyone deserves dignity, compassion, and a chance to start again.
I have always been drawn to helping people, regardless of age, gender, background, ethnicity, or circumstance. Every person has value. Every story matters.
Bridgeway exists to bridge the gap between where someone has been and where they want to go. We provide more than housing. We provide hope, structure, accountability, resources, and a community that encourages lasting change.
When people are given the right support, guidance, and opportunity, they overcome barriers and build a future with purpose. At Bridgeway, we do not simply provide services. We walk alongside people as they build a new beginning.
Programs in Development
Three programmes are being built. None are open, and none are taking residents. Each launches only when it is licensed, funded, and staffed.
Women's Safe House
Safe, confidential housing for women escaping domestic violence, abuse, homelessness, or crisis. When it opens, the location will not be published.
Recovery Housing
Supportive housing for adults in recovery, with connections to licensed treatment providers. Bridgeway is working toward recovery residence certification in Indiana and does not describe itself as a certified recovery residence until that is complete.
Veterans Transitional Housing
Housing and support for veterans returning to civilian life, including help navigating VA benefits and resources.
Coming soon
Bridgeway is developing a Women’s Safe House, a Recovery Housing programme, and dedicated Veterans Transitional Housing. None are open yet.
Talk to Our Team
If you need housing, start with an application. If you are placing someone, send a placement request. If you would rather talk it through first, book a call.
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