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Jay County Community Engagement Plan

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HELP Jay County!

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Then you're in the right place!  Scroll on to learn more about the Hoosier Enduring Legacy Program and how you can get involved.

Take our Survey

Jay County leaders are seeking the communities input on projects regarding the four community development areas of HELP. Please take our brief 2-question survey by clicking the survey link below.

Survey

Join a Pathway Committee!

Let us know which committee you're interested in: 1) advancing e-connectivity, 2) enhancing quality of place, 3) promoting community wellness, 4) strengthening local economies

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Let us know what it is!

A large part of the process is getting the public’s input to identify areas of need and/or projects for the plan.  Please know that we still have to work within the federal guidelines and not every idea will be eligible.  The important thing right now is to get the ideas together.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Hoosier Enduring Legacy Program, or HELP, is a 52 week process of community engagement and planning resulting in a plan for how Jay County will use federal American Rescue Plan funds.  The plan will be rooted in four pathways:

  1. Advancing e-connectivity
  2. Promoting Community Wellness
  3. Enhancing Quality of Place
  4. Strengthening Local Economies


There are many benefits to HELP:

  • The Office of Community and Rural Affairs, OCRA, will match up to $1 million in funds towards our plan.
  • We build community capacity by working through the planning process as a community with the help of many state-level partners.
  • Strengthened relationships with our peer communities of Auburn and Kosciusko County as well as many state partners like OCRA, Indiana Arts Commission, Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority, Indiana Department of Health, Indiana Department of Transportation and consultants like CivicLab.  As we go through this process together we will learn from each other and make many important and long lasting connections.
  • Increasing community involvement through the outreach and engagement efforts that are facilitated with assistance from experts across the state.


Local coordination will be spearheaded by the Jay County Development Corporation with a six person core team leading the process.  Additionally, Pathway Committees will be formed for each of the four pathways mentioned above.


These are federal funds received by Jay County from the US Treasury as part of the COVID relief legislation in 2020.  These funds go by many names but are most commonly called:

  • American Rescue Plan Act 
    • ARPA or ARP
  • Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Funds 
    • CLFRF


Jay County has already identified our Community Coordinator, Christy Shauver, and the core team, Christy Shauver, Chad Aker, Jeanne Houchins, Doug Inman, Trent Paxson, and Travis Richards.  The next step is developing the pathway committees.  Training with CivicLab is scheduled for May and a community forum will be held in June.


There are many ways to be a part of the process.

  • Join a pathway team
  • Complete surveys that we send out
  • Share social media posts about HELP
  • Sign up for updates from our site to stay informed


HELP Dashboard

The four pathways of HELP

The projects in our plan should fit into one of these pathways

Jay County accepting the Hoosier Enduring Legacy Program certificate

Official Designation Ceremony

Jay County Core Team members joined by OCRA and Lieutenant Governor Crouch accepting the official certificate

Jay County speaking at the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs HELP ceremony

Official Designation Ceremony

Jay County speaks to a crowd at the Indiana Statehouse

State partners in Indiana's Hoosier Enduring Legacy Program

State level HELP partners

These state departments, organizations, and universities are all partnering with us for the HELP initiative

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Jay County Development Corporation

118 South Meridian Street, Portland, Indiana 47371, United States

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