Darke County Cares Taskforce
What do you need today?
The Task Force is a community-driven initiative working to address Darke County’s housing and provider shortage crisis. Learn more about us.
Building the directory
We are collecting what Darke County actually has.
The Task Force is gathering housing, shelter, employment, recovery and basic-needs information from providers across the county. Every listing is checked by a moderator before it is published here, so this directory grows carefully rather than quickly. If you hold information that belongs on it, that is the fastest way to help right now.
Explore the Task Force’s work
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Strategic Plan
What the Task Force set out to do, what has moved, and what has not.
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Basic Needs Resources
Food, utility help, clothing, transportation and emergency assistance in Darke County.
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Community Education
What the shortage looks like here, and first-hand accounts from neighbours living it.
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Status Report
Monthly progress reports and recommendations, published as they are written.
Be part of the solution
You probably know something we do not.
A spare rental. An employer who is hiring. A church pantry nobody has written down. Every listing on this site came from someone who took two minutes to add it.
- Add housing List a unit, room or rental
- Add a job opportunity Post a position that pays a living wage
- Add mental health or addiction resources Counselling, treatment, peer support
- Add informal community resources A Facebook group, a pantry, mutual aid
- Share your story Written or on video, named or anonymous
Get involved
The Task Force is made up of neighbours, providers, employers, faith communities and people with lived experience of housing loss and recovery. There is room for you.
Sign up to join the Task Force
Prefer to just keep up with what is happening? Sign up for email updates instead — it is open to anyone, and Task Force members and providers are added automatically.
Receive Emails and Updates from the Task Force
Progress reports, new resources and ways to help — sent to anyone who wants them. Open to everyone; you do not need to be a Task Force member.