Gary, Indiana Disaster Resources NWI - Updated August 20, 2026

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🚨 REPORT DAMAGE & POWER OUTAGES
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Report Storm Damage
📞 211
🔗 Click for Details

Report Power Outage
📞 (800) 464-7726
🔗 NIPSCO — Click for Details

Report Downed Power Line
📞 911, then (800) 464-7726

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⏰ TIME-SENSITIVE APPLICATIONS & REIMBURSEMENTS
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⏰ SNAP Food Replacement
Households receiving SNAP benefits may be eligible for replacement benefits for food lost due to storm damage or power outages. Losses must be reported within 10 days of the event. Submit the required affidavit through the FSSA Benefits Portal, fax to 888-436-9199, or take it to any Division of Family Resources office.
🔗 FSSA Benefits Portal: Click for Details

⏰ State Disaster Relief Fund
Gary residents affected by the Aug. 11 disaster may be eligible for assistance through the State Disaster Relief Fund. For the August 2026 weather event, immediate emergency grants are currently capped at $5,000.
Assistance may cover eligible uninsured damage to a primary residence, including certain home repairs, essential furnishings, appliances, tools, debris removal, medical devices and essential transportation. Eligibility requirements apply.
🔗 Apply Online: Click for Details

⏰ Catholic Charities Diocese of Gary
Disaster Relief Fund assistance is available to community members displaced by the storm.
📍 Catholic Charities Diocese of Gary
940 Broadway, Gary
📞 (219) 886-3549, option 2
🔗 Click for Details

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🔴 INDIANA 211
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📞 Dial 2-1-1
📞 866-211-9966
🔗 Click for Details

Indiana 211 provides access to resources including:
Food • Shelter & Housing • Financial • Hotlines • Consumer Services • Criminal Justice & Legal • Disaster • Education • Employment • Health Care • Individual & Family Life • Mental Health & SUD • Personal/Household Items • Public Health • Public Works • Transportation • Seasonal • Cooling Centers • Red Cross Shelters

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🔴 STATE OF INDIANA — AUGUST 2026 DISASTER RESOURCE HUB
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The Aug. 11, 2026, severe weather event produced extreme straight-line winds, tornadoes, large hail and flash flooding across northwest and north-central Indiana, followed by additional flooding and widespread power outages.

The Indiana Department of Homeland Security's resource hub provides information about:
• State Disaster Relief Fund
• Indiana 211
• SNAP food-loss replacement
• American Red Cross resources
• FEMA resources
• Disaster assistance
• Power outages
• Business assistance
• Volunteer opportunities
• Transportation/road conditions
• Additional recovery resources

🔗 Indiana DHS — August 2026 Disaster:
Click for Details

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💥 GARY STORM RECOVERY & SUPPORT
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The City of Gary currently has a dedicated Storm Recovery & Support page with Gary-specific information, including the YWCA shelter/charging site, oxygen station, food distributions, 211 reporting, the $5,000 state disaster relief information and Gary 311.
Click for Details

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🛌 EMERGENCY SHELTERS
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📍 American Red Cross Shelter — YWCA Gary
150 W 15th Ave, Gary
⏰ Open 24 hours
🐾 Pets accepted
Red Cross shelters are available to people who need to leave their homes because of a disaster or emergency. Assistance is free, and no ID is required.
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📍 Calumet Township Trustee Disaster-Related Shelter
1900 W 41st Ave, Gary
Provides temporary emergency housing for eligible Calumet Township residents unable to remain in their homes due to fire, tornado or flooding.
Eligibility listed in the original resource:
• Single women or women with children
• Married couples with children
• Single males with primary custody of children

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🥫 FOOD RESOURCES
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Food Pantries
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Free Community Meals & Soup Kitchens
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Blessing Boxes & Little Free Pantries
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Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Mobile Market
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Family Life Community Center Inc
📍 565 Massachusetts St, Gary
Hot meals and food distribution
🔗 Click for Details

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🍎 SALVATION ARMY EMERGENCY DISASTER SERVICES
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Gary-Merrillville Corps

📍 The Salvation Army Gary-Merrillville Corps
4800 Harrison St, Gary
Offering hot lunches, emergency food boxes, grab-and-go dinners and food pantry services.
🔗 Click for Details

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🩺 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
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Oxygen Refill Station

📍 Indiana University Northwest — Lot #9
3301 Broadway, Gary
⏰ 8 AM–6 PM daily
Eligibility: District 1 residents
ID required
Limit: 3 tanks per person

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💰 FINANCIAL & DISASTER ASSISTANCE
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📍 Catholic Charities Diocese of Gary
940 Broadway, Gary
📞 (219) 886-3549, option 2
🔗 Click for Details

Assistance may include:
• Insurance deductible assistance for home/auto claims
• Rent and mortgage assistance
• Utility assistance
• Appliance replacement or purchase assistance

📍 Habitat for Humanity Northwest Indiana
3777 Colfax St, Gary
📞 (219) 923-7265
✉️ habitat@nwihabitat.org

Assistance may include:
• Mold remediation
• Sump pump replacement
• Insurance deductible assistance

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🚿 SHOWERS & RESTROOMS
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Free Showers
📍 YMCA of Northwest Indiana
150 W 15th Ave, Gary
📞 (219) 881-9922

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📗 LIBRARIES
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Lake County Public Library Locations
Gary residents can access Lake County Public Library locations offering Wi-Fi, AC and computer access.
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❤️ ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
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Crisis Support: National Hotlines & Local Resources
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Disability Resources & Support
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Additional Community Resources
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