The Peer Tree
Use this pathway when grant-funded help does not fit or when you want to discuss private-pay options. Ask for the current scope and total cost before scheduling.
A Hoarding Alliance local resource guide
You do not have to solve everything at once. This New Albany guide starts with a respectful conversation, then points to current safety, health, housing, food, transportation, and practical pathways across Floyd County.
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If a home, relationship, or caregiving situation feels stuck, begin with the pathway that feels safest. You can ask questions before sharing photos, making a commitment, or inviting anyone into the home.
Ask what a first conversation would cover or how a virtual group works. You can ask without sending photos or arranging a home visit.
Role: nonprofit front door for hoarding support and virtual groups; geography: ask about joining online from New Albany or elsewhere in Floyd County; cost/eligibility: confirm registration, group fit, and any fees; funded local home services are not assumed; emergency limit: not therapy or emergency response.
If there is immediate danger, a fire, a medical emergency, or someone may harm themselves or another person, call 911. For urgent emotional distress or suicidal thoughts, call or text 988. These guides are navigation help, not emergency response, therapy, legal advice, code enforcement, or a promise that a program has capacity.
First conversations
You do not need to know the perfect service name before reaching out. These organizations can help you understand the landscape and identify a next step.
Use this pathway when grant-funded help does not fit or when you want to discuss private-pay options. Ask for the current scope and total cost before scheduling.
Use Unburied for peer conversation, structured tools, and ongoing momentum between other supports. It is not a crisis service.
Call 211 or use the current Indiana 211 resource search when you need help identifying a program, benefit, pantry, housing contact, or transportation option.
Safety and stability
These pathways serve different situations. Read the labels carefully before calling, especially when a response may involve crisis care, protective services, shelter, housing rules, legal advocacy, or emergency dispatch.
Call 911 when there is immediate danger, smoke or fire, a medical emergency, or an urgent threat to someone's safety.
Call or text 988 for urgent emotional distress, suicidal thoughts, or concern about someone else. If there is immediate danger, call 911.
Use Indiana's current 988 information when you want to understand how crisis calls and local behavioral-health connections are routed.
Baptist Health Floyd lists 24-hour hospital access at 1850 State Street in New Albany. For a medical emergency, call 911 or use emergency care; confirm care and billing details directly.
LifeSpring lists Southern Indiana locations and behavioral-health and primary-care services. Ask which current intake pathway fits the situation and what payment options apply.
Review current county emergency-management information and sign up for official alerts when appropriate. A cluttered home can make evacuation and fire planning harder.
Use the sheriff's current page for county safety routing and non-emergency contacts. The site is not monitored in real time; do not use it for an emergency.
Use the city's current police page and non-emergency routing for safety questions. Confirm which agency serves the address.
The city's fire page directs fire or medical emergencies to 911 and provides current department information. This guide is not a fire inspection or code assessment.
The state health page lists the Floyd County Health Department in New Albany and current contact information. Call before traveling to confirm the service you need.
Use the current state directory to confirm listed New Albany hospital facilities, then contact the facility for care decisions.
Review practical fire-safety information about blocked exits, heat sources, smoke alarms, and evacuation planning without treating the page as a local inspection or cleanup order.
People and practical help
These listings connect the local community with housing, food, behavioral health, benefits, transit, survivor advocacy, disability support, peer support, and practical resources. Ask about current availability, cost, scope, consent, and safety before relying on them.
Start with the city's current website when you need the right office for a property, code, neighborhood, public works, utility, or resident question.
Use Indiana's current Floyd County page to find county offices and public-service links instead of guessing which agency handles a property or legal question.
Use the current wastewater page for utility contacts, billing questions, and sewer-service information. Ask about current rules before assuming a balance, repair, or service policy.
The city says Eco-Tech performs sanitation services and lists a current phone route. Confirm pickup, bulk-item, recycling, and special-disposal details before setting items out.
The authority lists public-housing information and application guidance. Its current materials say it does not provide emergency housing; ask about current waitlists and other housing pathways.
The coalition lists housing stability, benefits navigation, and seasonal White Flag shelter information. Contact it before relying on a shelter or prevention program.
Hope Southern Indiana publishes food-pantry intake information. Confirm current hours, eligibility, and what to bring before traveling.
The Floyd County Library maintains a current list of sites serving meals or offering food pantries in New Albany. Contact the specific site before relying on a listing.
TARC is a regional transit pathway across the Louisville area. Confirm whether the current route, transfer, fare, and accessible-service options reach the address in question.
Use the current state page to learn how to apply or check food-assistance information. Do not assume an application is approved until DFR confirms it.
Use the guide to understand possible pathways, then confirm current eligibility and intake with the program or Indiana 211.
Use the state directory to identify the right community-action contact and then ask about current local programs rather than assuming a listed service has capacity.
Use the state's current customer-assistance information to identify possible bill, weatherization, or energy-help pathways, then confirm the local application process.
Use the state community-information page to identify local health partners and then confirm the current service, appointment, and eligibility details directly.
A library can be a low-pressure place to use a computer, print an application, find current resource information, or ask about local programming.
Use the clerk's current site to find court, election, and public-records routing. Ask the office which documents and fees apply rather than assuming a legal or property process.
The city's current consolidated plan provides context about housing and community-development priorities. Use current city and provider contacts for actual applications, services, or emergency needs.
A note from the Alliance
This guide is anchored in New Albany, Indiana, and includes city, county, state, nonprofit, national, and independent pathways. A listing here does not mean Fight the Blight endorses every provider or can guarantee availability. The Hoarding Alliance is not a city or county agency, therapy practice, emergency service, or cleanup company. We will keep reviewing this page, but please confirm details directly before relying on them.
Need help choosing a path? Contact Fight the Blight