Hot Topics Shabbat Service: Helping the Unhoused in our Community

20 Feb @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Please join our Temple family for a Hot Topics Shabbat service on Friday, February 20 at 6 p.m., led by Rabbi Meir with music by Maestro Robert Nance. After the service, Amanda Fall, the city’s first Manager of Homeless Services, will tell us about the City of Fort Wayne’s efforts to serve the unhoused in our community.

Join us in person or on YouTube. All are welcome.

Thank you to Rena Black and the Social Action Committee for organizing the program.

Amanda Fall is a lifelong Fort Wayne resident and a dedicated advocate for individuals experiencing homelessness and mental health challenges. She holds a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Saint Francis and an MBA from Indiana Tech. Since 1997, Amanda has served in a wide range of roles committed to empowering vulnerable populations, including Case Manager at the AIDS Task Force, Transitions Director and later Director of Operations at the Women’s Bureau—home to a long-term residential drug and alcohol treatment facility—and Executive Director of the Central Branch YMCA.

In her current role as Manager of Homeless Services for the City of Fort Wayne, Amanda has led transformative efforts to strengthen the city’s homeless continuum of care. Her work focuses on coordinating outreach to unsheltered individuals, improving service delivery across agencies, and leading the development of a 24/7 homeless services center—an initiative aimed at creating consistent access to bathrooms, showers, laundry, lockers and mail services while connecting them to the appropriate path to begin the route to permanent housing.

Amanda brings both strategic vision and frontline experience to her work, always centering the dignity and humanity of those she serves.

“Permanent, affordable housing paired with accessible mental health care isn’t a luxury—it’s the foundation for recovery, stability, and hope.” – Amanda Fall