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Business

InContext: State of Indiana and Indiana University Partnership for Economic Development

Indiana – Business & Employment [ View Description ]Information from the state of Indiana on Starting a Business, Business Licenses and Permits, Relocating Your Business, Job Resources, Business Data, Labor Law, and Maintaining Your Business.

Indiana Business Research Center: Indiana University Bloomington

Indiana Chamber of Commerce

Indiana Department of Revenue: INtax – Indiana Tax Center (business taxpayers)

Indiana Economic Digest

Indiana sales tax delinquency list – DOR Retail Merchants

Indiana Secretary of State – Search for Indiana Business Information

INDURE: Indiana Database of University Research Expertise [ View Description ]…to help transform university developed technology into money-making businesses.

Made in Indiana Company & Product Spotlight: Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Michiana Network for Entrepreneurs – MNE (previously Assets of Elkhart County) [ View Description ]MNE is a community of professionals and organizations working together to support small business owners in the journey of entrepreneurship by engaging participants through networking events, educational workshops and access to resources.

READY INDIANA – Indiana workforce training and development

Election Info

2012 City Candidate Questionnaire – Elkhart Chamber of Commerce

2012 Municipal Candidate List – Elkhart County Election Board

Absentee Voting Information – Elkhart County Election Board

Democratic Party, Elkhart County

Elkhart County Election Board

Elkhart County Election Board – Helpful Links

Elkhart County Election Board – Voter Registration Information

Elkhart County Election Board -Polling Locations

Elkhart County Election Board: Forms

Elkhart County Precinct Maps – Precinct Maps and Boundaries Listed by Precinct Number

Elkhart County Voter Registration – Questions & Answers

Indiana Election Day Headquarters [ View Description ]Visit the Indiana Secretary of State’s Election Day Headquarters to find your polling place, find election board contact information by county, learn about the voting system used in your precinct, review photo ID requirements, find links to candidate information and answers to many other questions.

Indiana Secretary of State – Elections Division

Indiana Secretary of State : Election Results

Indiana Voters – find polling place, voter registration, application for absentee ballot, Who’s on your Ballot? and more

Judges up for Retention in 2012 [ View Description ]In 2012, two members of the Indiana Supreme Court and four members of the Court of Appeals of Indiana are up for retention.

League of Women Voters – Elkhart County

Libertarian Party of Indiana, County Parties

New state law removes unopposed candidates from election ballot – eTruth.com

New Voter Information – Elkhart County Election Board

North Central Indiana Victory Center – GOP campaign center, Elkhart (eTruth.com)

Previous Election Results for Elkhart County – Elkhart County Election Board

Provisional Ballot Information – Elkhart County Election Board

Republican Central Committee, Elkhart County

Voting District Address Search

Voting Records – Officials & Candidate Info (Project Vote Smart)

Who’s On Your Ballot? [ View Description ]This new feature allows you to find all of the candidates and public questions that will be on your ballot in the next election. You can find this information by performing either a voter registration record or precinct search. The candidate information on this website is supplied and maintained by the Indiana Election Division and your county election board.

Government

Indiana Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

2013 State Holidays: Dates Observed

BMV: SecureID – New (2010) requirements for Indiana driver’s license, permit, or identification card [ View Description ]SecureID is the Indiana BMV’s effort to fully comply with the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and state and federal regulations. For customers who are renewing, amending, or replacing their current Indiana driver’s license, permit, or identification card.

Boundary Maps [ View Description ]Counties & Regions – Metro Areas – Legislative Districts – Library Districts – School Districts – Townships – Tracts – Transportation Maps – Zip Codes & Zip Code Tabulation Areas – U.S. Maps

Camping Reservations: Indiana Department of Natural Resources [ View Description ]MAKE YOUR RESERVATION ONLINE TODAY, OR BY CALLING 1-866-6-CAMP-IN (1-866-622-6746).

Closed Institutions & Student Records – Commission on Proprietary Education (Indiana) [ View Description ]Indiana Defunct Schools – Schools that have were accredited by the commission and have ceased operations. If you attended a school in Indiana that was regulated by the Commission on Proprietary Education, your academic record may be available through the Commission

District Maps 2011 – State Senate, State House, U.S. Congressional [ View Description ]State Senate ~ State House of Representatives ~ U.S. Congressional

DLGF: Citizen Guide to Property Tax

DLGF: County Tax Bill Calculator

DLGF: Elkhart County Budget Order

Forms.IN.gov: State Forms Online Catalog

FSSA – welfare: Elkhart (Food Stamps, TANF, HIP, Medicaid, HHW) [ View Description ]applying for benfits, screening tools, managing your benefits, DFR locations and contact information

Indiana Accountability System for Academic Progress (ASAP)

Indiana Association of Cities and Towns [ View Description ]The Indiana Association of Cities and Towns (IACT) was established in 1891 to provide Indiana municipal officials a means to congregate, educate and advocate their interests before the state and federal governments.

Indiana Care Select (Medicaid) [ View Description ]ADVANTAGE Health Solutions, Inc. SM and MDwise.

Indiana Congressional Districts Map

Indiana Department of Homeland Security

Indiana Department of Local Government Finance [ View Description ]The Department of Local Government Finance is responsible for ensuring property tax assessment and local government budgeting are carried out in accordance with Indiana law. The Department is charged with publishing property tax assessment rules and annually reviewing and approving the tax rates and levies of every political subdivision in the state, including all counties, cities, towns, townships, school corporations, libraries, and other entities with tax levy authority.

Indiana Dept. of Revenue (Tax Forms)

Indiana DWD: Uplink Unemployment Programs Tutorials & Info

Indiana Gateway for Government Units: An Information for Indiana Data Site [ View Description ]An Open Door into Local Government Finance. Gateway collects and provides access to information about how taxes and other public dollars are budgeted and spent by Indiana’s local units of government.

Indiana General Assembly

Indiana General Assembly District Lookup Service

Indiana Governor and Lt. Governor

Indiana House Legislative Districts Map

Indiana License Branch Locations

Indiana Register

Indiana Senate Legislative Districts Map

Indiana State Information Center

Indiana State Legislature House Districts Map

Indiana State Legislature Senate Districts Map

Indiana State Library

INDIANA TAX SALE – SRI Incorporated

Indiana Telephone Privacy List Registration

Indiana Township Association – Directory of Trustees

Indiana Transparency Portal: ITP [ View Description ]ITP is an online solution designed to bring better visibility, openness & accountability to Indiana State Government. The ITP contains information ranging from agency budgets to state contracts and agency performance measures.

Indiana U.S. Congressional Districts Map

Indiana’s Identification Requirements

IndianaConsumer.net – consumer information and education

Introduced Bills – Indiana General Assembly

myLocal.IN.gov: Get Local Information

MySmartGov.org [ View Description ]MySmartgov.org has been formed to enact the recommendations made by the Kernan-Shepard Commission, a bipartisan group of Indiana leaders who studied the matter and issued a report in December 2007. As its name suggests, the commission was led by former Gov. Joe Kernan and Chief Justice Randall Shepard, who accepted the task at the request of Gov. Mitch Daniels.

Odyssey Case Management System for Indiana Courts and Clerks: State of Indiana Public Records Inquiry [ View Description ]Criminal & Citation Case Records
Civil, Family & Probate Case Records
This is the public access site for Odyssey Case Management System for Indiana Courts and Clerks.

RX for Indiana

State of Indiana – Official Website IN.gov

Unemployment insurance filing system (Uplink Claimant Self Service)

Web Lookup & Verification – Indiana Professional Licensing Agency + Indiana Alcohol & Tobacco Commission (licenses)

What to Expect from the New Unemployment Insurance Law for Employers (Revised 3/8/11)

Who Are Your Elected Officials?

History

ArtSmart: Indiana [ View Description ]Indianas Visual Arts and Artists

Indiana Historical Society

INDIANA HISTORY ONLINE (EPL subscribes to this)

Indiana Landmarks [ View Description ]Indiana Landmarks revitalizes communities, reconnects us to our heritage, and saves meaningful places.

Indiana Memory [ View Description ]Indiana Memory, the Indiana digital library, is a collaboration of Indiana libraries, museums, archives, and related cultural organizations to enable access to Indianas unique cultural and historical heritage through a variety of digital formats and free distribution over the Internet. Indiana Memory seeks to support and enhance education and scholarship for all Hoosiers for increased understanding of Indianas past and its role in preparing for Indianas future.

Indiana Sanborn Historic Maps 1883-1966 (IU Indiana Spatial Data Portal)

Lost Indiana

Northern Indiana Center for History

Law/Legal

Child Support Bureau – Indiana Family and
Social Services Administration

Child Support Forms (be sure to scroll down) [ View Description ]All forms must be filled out online and then printed. Please follow the directions given.

DLGF: Circuit Breaker Information (property taxes)

Elkhart County Family Court (co-parenting/divorce)

Find Legal Help: Indiana Justice Center (Legal Aid)

IDEM – Indiana Air Permits

IDEM – Permit Appeal Procedures

Indiana – Civil Protection Order No Contact Order
and Workplace Violence Restraining Order Forms

Indiana Administrative Code

Indiana Adoption Law

Indiana Child Support Guidelines

Indiana City Ordinances – list

Indiana Code (state law)

Indiana Commission On Public Records – Forms Management Division

Indiana Court Forms (including divorce, name change and child support) [ View Description ]Information from the Indiana Self-Service Legal Center.

Indiana Department of Child Services: Paternity [ View Description ]Includes information on the following:¡Establishing Paternity ¡Establishing Paternity Brochure ¡Paternity Lab List¡Estableciendo Paternidad ¡Estableciendo Paternidad Folleto

Indiana Formularios de la Corte

Indiana laws regarding Libraries

Indiana License Litigation (including Doctors)

Indiana License Verification [ View Description ]Medical etc.

Indiana Offender/Inmate Database Search

Indiana Petition for Change of Name of Minor – Free Legal Form

Indiana ProBono Commission (legal aid) [ View Description ]Legal Service Providers – District Two Counties: St. Joseph, Elkhart, Marshall, Kosciusko

Indiana Property Tax Overview

INDIANA SELF-SERVICE LEGAL CENTER

Indiana Sheriff’s Sex Offender Registry

Informational Legal Pamphlets [ View Description ]from Indiana Justice.

Just Help: Elkhart County Legal Advocacy Center Closed

LaCasa, Inc. : Immigration & Language Services Legal Assistance

Las Cortes de Indiana en Español

Legal Assistance Information – Indiana

LEGAL FORMS (EPL subscribes to this) [ View Description ]Legal Forms from Gale is powered by U.S. Legal Forms. Types of forms available include: wills, power of attorney, LLC, landlord/tenant, real estate, contracts, bankruptcy, name change, bills of sale and many more. Forms are downloadable, printable and some may be filled out online, then printed or saved. Gale Legal Forms offers an easy-to-use, step-by-step approach to addressing basic legal matters. EPL subscribes to Indiana forms only. This database is accessible from the Main Library, all Branch locations and can also be accessed remotely using an Elkhart Public Library Card.

Legal Forms – Indiana Supreme Court – State Court Administration

Notary Public Search-Indiana

Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of Elkhart County [ View Description ]Includes a link to Public Forms.

OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ACCESS COUNSELOR: Handbook on Indiana Public Access Laws

Parenting Time Guidelines – State of Indiana

Search for Indiana Malpractice Settlements

Self-Service Legal Center – Getting Legal Help [ View Description ]This section is intended to help you find an attorney. The groups listed on the web page can either help you with your case themselves and/or direct you to a lawyer or organization in your county that can help you.

SR21 (Indiana Operator’s Proof of Insurance/Crash Report) – State Form 52441 SR 21

State Forms Online Catalog (All Agencies, All Formats): Indiana Commission on Public Records

Volunteer Lawyer Network – Legal Aid Serving St. Joseph, Elkhart, Marshall and Kosciusko Counties [ View Description ]Assists in the areas of:Family LawAdoptionsGuardianshipsForeclosureLandlord/tenantConsumer/CollectionsEstate LawWillsPower of AttorneysHealth Care DirectivesContracts Real EstateBankruptcyImmigration

Miscellaneous

Fun family days out IN | Places to go with kids in Indiana

Assurance Wireless – Apply For Lifeline Cell Phone Service (eligible Indiana residents) [ View Description ]Customers eligible for Assurance Wireless include those who participate in Medicaid, Food Stamps/SNAP, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8), Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), or National School Lunch Program’s Free Lunch Program. Customers may also qualify based on low household income.

Consumer’s Guide to Loan Brokers

DNR: Where to Fish in Indiana [ View Description ]interactive map to locate public fishing areas and other natural sites

Drought Information, Purdue Extension

Drought Map, Indiana

Farm Produce Reminder: Receive an Email When Produce is in Season [ View Description ]Pick your own||u-pick||u pick||

Find Out In What District You Live [ View Description ]To use: First click on the link to the Advanced Geography Search Webpage. Once there, enter your street address, city, state and zip code in the appropriate boxes. Click the Go button. Scroll down the page and in the box with the list, scroll down until you see: Unified School District. Next to those words will be the name of your school district.

Foster Parenting FAQ – Indiana

Frank M. Hohenberger Photograph Collection

Fresh produce: Ripe for the picking

Harvest Calendar for Indiana: Ripening Dates for Fruits and Vegetables

IN Harmony: Sheet Music from Indiana

IN.gov: All About Indiana

Indiana Agritourism and Farmers Market Directory [ View Description ]upick||u-pick

Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame

Indiana Beach Program – IDEM (water quality monitoring) [ View Description ]Indiana beaches are a wonderful place to play, watch wildlife, fish, and swim. With these beaches giving us so much, we have to protect them from a variety of potential problems. We can help you plan a trip to the beach, learn about beaches and the issues around them, and understand how we protect beaches.

Indiana Cash for College

Indiana Child Care Locator [ View Description ]CareFinder Indiana: locate childcare for your family

Indiana Coalition for Open Government [ View Description ]The Indiana Coalition for Open Government, a non-profit citizens advocacy group, promotes legislative reform and protects the Constitutional rights of access to public records and meetings.

Indiana College Choices – 31 Independent Colleges and Universities

Indiana Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Test Booklet

Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Indiana Driver’s License Manual [ View Description ]Includes links to the CDL Test Manual
and the Indiana Motorcycle Operators Manual.

Indiana Farm Visit: Find Pick You Own, Market and Farm Gate Locations [ View Description ]Works with Indiana farmers to bring you the most up-to-date and updated information about the farms in Indiana and their produce. On annual basis we contact Indiana farmers and ask them to provide us with their updated information.

Indiana Favorite U-Picks, Farmers Markets and Orchards [ View Description ]u pick||pick your own

Indiana Gas Prices

Indiana GED Testing locations by County

Indiana Growth Model – Find ISTEP growth data for an Indiana School or Corporation (District) [ View Description ]The Indiana Growth Model uses ISTEP+ scores in a new way to help parents, schools, corporations, and the state to understand how schools are progressing from year to year.

Indiana High School Athletic Association

Indiana Homeschool Groups

Indiana MarketMaker – search farmer’s markets & locally grown products [ View Description ]An interactive mapping system that locates businesses and markets of agricultural products in Indiana, providing an important link between producers and consumers.

Indiana Museums

Indiana Nursing Home Information

Indiana Resource Center for Families with Special Needs

Indiana School Immunization Requirements – Indiana State Department of Health [ View Description ]Strategies for the Control and Investigation of Varicella Outbreaks 2008 – Centers for Disease Control and PreventionThe Indiana State Department of Health Immunization Program strives to prevent disease, disability, and death in children, adolescents, and adults through vaccination.

Indiana Schools Directory

Indiana State Festivals Association (click on the tabs for the desired month)

Indiana State Veteran s Benefits – Military Benefits – Military.com

Indiana Time Zones by County

Indiana Unclaimed Property

Indiana Wildlife Control Operators & State Wildlife Agencies

Indiana’s Academic Standards

Indiana’s Early Intervention System for Infants Toddlers and their Families

IndianaMap [ View Description ]From the Indiana Geographic Information Council (IGIC) is a nonprofit membership organization of GIS users, professionals and educators. Administered by an elected board of directors, IGIC is recognized as the official statewide coordinating body for Indiana geographic information.

INShape Indiana

ISP: Road and Weather Conditions

Megabus.com – low cost, daily, express bus service in the US

PickYourOwn.org – Norhern Indiana farms & orchards [ View Description ]Where to find pick your own farms and orchards in northern Indiana for fruit, vegetables, pumpkins and Christmas trees.

Possible Disasters in Indiana [ View Description ]Info from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.

RX for Indiana

Severe Weather Preparedness [ View Description ]from the Indiana Dept. of Homeland Security.

Smaller Indiana – Making people and ideas findable [ View Description ].Smaller Indiana makes creative people and innovative ideas easier to find. This is the place for you to share your ideas and engage with Indianas most creative and inspired souls…working together to build community,culture and commerce.

Talking Book and Braille Library – Indiana State Library 1-800-622-4970 [ View Description ]The Talking Book and Braille Library provides large print books, braille books, and books on tape to Indiana residents who are unable to read regular print, because of visual or a physical disability. 317-232-3684 or 1-800-622-4970

TrafficWise: Indiana DOT Traveler Information [ View Description ]The Indiana Department of Transportation TrafficWise program helps to improve safety and help drivers across Indiana highways avoid traffic congestion. TrafficWise has been expanded to include updated reports for all State roads, U.S. highways and Interstates around the state. Travelers can check construction projects, accidents, and other travel headaches online or by calling 1-800-261-ROAD (7326).

U-Pick Farm Visit Checklist

Visit Indiana

Volunteer.IN.gov [ View Description ]Volunteer.IN.gov links individuals who want to volunteer but don’t know where to begin with organizations in their community that can help them find the perfect volunteer opportunity.

WGU Indiana – Indiana Online Degree

Wildlife Rehabilitation – Indiana DNR (includes a list of licensed wildlife rehabilitators)

Statistics

Elkhart city, Indiana – Fact Sheet – American FactFinder

Elkhart County, Indiana – American FactFinder

Employment and Unemployment Trends – Indiana

Hoosiers By the Numbers – Research & Analysis – Radius Tools [ View Description ]Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Indiana Business and Research Center

Indiana Department of Education – K-12 Schools Data

Indiana Employment & Earnings by Industry

Indiana Places – General Demographic Characteristics – 2000 Census

Indiana State Department of Health – Reports and Statistics

Indiana Statistics by Topic

INdicators: Indiana Health Statistics

ISL: State Data Center

Local Area Unemployment Statistics (not seasonally adjusted)

States IN Profile: STATS Indiana [ View Description ]EconomyEducationIncome & TaxesPopulation & HousingWorkforce

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