Pike Township board allocates more than $200,000 for financial assistance

INDIANAPOLIS Utilities, food and housing are basic necessities each person needs to survive.

Pike Township and the trustees office have seen demand more than double. At the request of the township trustee, the Pike Township board allocated more than $200,000 in additional funding for financial assistance.

"Some years we have done that, but we have not done that in the past three to four years, Annette Johnson, the Pike Township Trustee, said.

The move comes during the government shutdown, which one of the caseworkers said is affecting Pike Township residents.

"They have been pretty much saying they don't know when they are going to be able to go back to work and that they need assistance with rent, utilities, sometimes even food. You know people are living paycheck to paycheck, Tynisa