An apartment donated by Washington Gardens Housing Project serves as a satellite office of the Elkhart County DFC as well as offices for Goodwill Industries, Oaklawn and Workforce Development. In early 1998, the first of three planned co-location facilities is to be opened in New Albany through a collaboration between the city and the County Step Ahead Council.
Clients are able to access many services in one stop.
The Swanson Center, LaPorte County's Comprehensive Community Health Agency, has co-located their office with the local DFC office. Efforts are currently underway to move the Health Department to an adjacent location. The local DFC office has co-located offices with Indianapolis Public Schools, the Center Township Trustee, and Wishard Hospital. The Owen County DFC is working with the Owen County Step Ahead Council, the Spencer City Council, and citizens to obtain funding to build a child care facility co-located with CAP, WIC, Healthy Families, and Workforce Development. Two days a week the Posey County DFC Office has a Family Case Coordinator co-located within the Private Industry Council Office.