Brightlane works to interrupt the cycle of homelessness.

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25 YEARS AGO Brightlane Learning began with a simple belief: Every child has the right to an education.

Brightlane Learning
Brightlane Learning
Brightlane Learning
Who We Are

With personalized academic support and advocacy, Brightlane Learning empowers students experiencing housing insecurity and homelessness to become full participants in a learning journey that leads to a brighter future.

How we do it.

We interrupt the cycle of homelessness with personalized academic support for students, and guidance and advocacy for their families and caregivers.

  • School-Based Programs

    School-Based Programs

    Working in partnership with schools, we provide structured, personalized academic support in small groups to K-12 students experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity. Our proven interventions help students of all ages stay on track for academic achievement.

    School-based Programs
  • Community-Based Programs

    Community-Based Programs

    Working in places like shelters and community centers, our education support team and volunteer tutors work directly with children and families to ensure continuity of education and, ultimately, scholastic success.

    Community-Based Programs
  • Academic Enrichment

    Academic Enrichment

    When young minds experience stress and trauma, learning becomes more challenging. We help students regulate their emotions with academic enrichment opportunities that support their learning capacity. From hands-on calming activities to performance and art experiences, engaging experiences are woven throughout our programming all year round.

    Academic Enrichment
We eliminate barriers.
We eliminate barriers.

With over 30 partner location across Indianapolis, we meet every student and family where they are and provide the personalized academic support they need. 

We build bridges.
We build bridges.

Whether we’re helping enroll a student in school, navigating transportation hurdles, or connecting families to additional resources, we work beside students facing housing instability every step of the way.

By providing personalized academic support to students and guidance and advocacy to their families, we interrupt the cycle of homelessness with the power of education.

  • 87%
    Students experiencing homelessness are 87 percent more likely to drop out of school than their housed peers.
  • 25%
    Nearly 25% of the 19,000 unhoused students across Indiana are enrolled in Marion County.
  • 1.4X
    Unhoused students scored 1.4X lower than their housed peers on the 3rd grade assessment of early literacy.

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