Congregations Acting for Justice and Empowerment
 
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Current Campaigns

For nearly two decades, CAJE has challenged the status quo, taking on urgent community needs in southwestern Indiana. Our continuing focus for the coming year:

  • Excessive, Exploitive Charges for Gas & Electric Services

  • Crisis Care and Intervention/Jail Diversion

  • The Problem of Gun Violence and Unsafe Neighborhoods

  • The Affordable Housing Crises in Vanderburgh and Warrick Counties

  • The Dually Diagnosed Child (autism with co-occuring mental health need)

Past Campaigns

Lack of Dental Care


Drug Court Expansion

In 2012, CAJE worked with local and state officials to double the size of the Vanderburgh County Day Reporting Drug Court. The effort has not only helped drug offenders turn their lives around, it has also saved millions in taxpayer dollars—money that can be used to benefit the community in other ways.

Overdose Epidemic

CAJE responded to a growing number of opioid-related deaths by pressing for the use of a life-saving antidote by all first responders. CAJE secured no-cost access to NARCAN, a brand-name medication that quickly reverses and blocks the effects of opioids. We put it in the hands of sheriff’s deputies in Vanderburgh and Warrick counties. Later, after months of negotiations, CAJE convinced the Evansville Police Department, Evansville Fire Department and Posey County Sheriff’s Office to carry NARCAN. As a result, opioid-related deaths in the tri-county area have decreased consistently each year.

lack of Transportation

People living in Warrick County and working in Vanderburgh County (and vice versa) faced a disadvantage in using public transportation to commute. CAJE identified the problem and brought forward a solution. Now, the Warrick Area Transportation System (WATS) includes a stop that connects to Metropolitan Evansville Transit System, opening up employment opportunities and access to services for thousands of people.

CAJE also pressed for the expansion of public transportation in Evansville to the north Hwy. 41 corridor. The added service not only provided affordable transportation to employees, it helped support local businesses in great need of employees.