Program Description: PACT offers both radio frequency and GPS monitoring to enhance community-based supervision of adults and juveniles referred by the Court.  Individuals referred to Home Detention are required to adhere to strict schedules, and are to remain at their residence unless they are participating in an activity allowable by statute and authorized by program personnel, probation, and/or the sentencing Court.

Target population: Adults from any Porter County Court who have been convicted of a felony and are determined by assessment as being moderate to high risk to reoffend and meet the criteria listed below

Eligibility criteria:

• Must have a stable residence within Porter County
• Must have electricity and telephone service within the intended residence
• Co-residents must be willing to agree (in writing) they are supportive of the program rules, and will abide by them.
• Clients must be willing to agree to the terms of the program rules.
• Clients must be willing to be placed on electrical monitoring devices (including GPS) if their offense, or offense history, requires this type of monitoring.
• Must have no active warrants
• Must not have pending cases in other counties/states

Program cost: Initial Hook Up Fee: $175.00. RF: $8.50 per day. GPS: $13.50 per day. Drug Testing: $9.00 per test.

Home Detention Participant Application

Programs Include: 

Recovery Navigator: Our Recovery Navigator service is offered to guide and assist persons in recovery to develop their own Personal Recovery Plan. Participants will meet with a Recovery Connection representative regularly to discuss their plan, and to work on 4 areas that support a life in recovery: Health, Home, Purpose, and Community. By developing a Personal Recovery Plan, persons who struggle with addiction can set goals for themselves and break the cycle of addiction to ensure that they are successful in their recovery path.

Peer Mentoring: Peer Mentoring is a program that trains community members to be mentors for those in recovery. Mentors in this program give encouragement, hope, assistance, guidance, and support to addicted individuals.

SMART Recovery: SMART Recovery is an abstinence-base, self-help program for people having problems with drinking and using. It includes many ideas and techniques to help you change your life from one that is self-destructive and unhappy to one that is constructive and satisfying. No one will label you an “alcoholic”, an “addict” or “diseased” nor “powerless”, and if you do not believe in a religion or spirituality, that’s fine, too. We teach common sense self-help procedures designed to empower you to abstain and to develop a more positive lifestyle.  When you succeed at following our approach, you may graduate from the program, or you may stay around to help others.

Circle of Support: Constructive and active family engagement in the recovery process is essential if the family is to heal from the destructive impact of addiction.  To move on, families need a variety of supports, information and skills.  Families need a place where they can feel safe to process the complicated and complex emotions that arise in the face of addiction and recovery.

Life-Skill Training: Life-skills training provides participants with opportunities to develop self-advocacy and sufficiency skills that are necessary for a person to succeed in their recovery.

Recovery-Safe Social Activities: Connection with others is necessary in order for a person to remain successful in their recovery. Recovery Connection offers meetings and social activities throughout the week in order for people in recovery to engage and connect with others.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA): Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, multiracial, apolitical, and available almost everywhere. There are no age or education requirements.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA): Narcotics Anonymous offers recovery to addicts around the world. We focus on the disease of addiction rather than any particular drug.  Our message is broad enough to attract addicts from any social class or nationality.  When new members come to meetings, our sole interest is in their desire for freedom from active addiction and how we can be of help.

Program Cost: There are no fees for any Recovery Connection programs.

For more information, visit Recovery Connection’s Website: recoveryconnectionpc.org

Program description: Veterans Court is certified through the Indiana Office of Court Services as a Problem-Solving Court and operated in partnership with the Honorable Michael Drenth.  The program employs team decision-making and relies on the principles of evidence-based practice.  The Veterans Court also offers a mentoring component and services supported by the Veterans Administration and local treatment providers.

Target population: Justice involved Veterans who meet the criteria listed below

Eligibility Criteria: 

• All participants must have served in the Armed Forces
• Participants must have been charged with one of the following offenses:
  • Possession of a Controlled Substance, Class C and D Felony
  • Possession of Cocaine or Narcotic Drug, Class C and D Felony
  • Alcohol related Offenses, Felony/Misdemeanor
  • Possession of Marijuana, Class D Felony
  • Theft, Class D Felony
  • Domestic Battery and Related Offenses, Felony/Misdemeanor
  • Battery, Felony/Misdemeanor
  • Attempting to Obtain a Controlled Substance by Fraud or Deceit, Class D Felony
  • Forgery, Class C Felony
  • Burglary, Class C Felony
  • Prostitution, Class D Felony
  • Possession of Paraphernalia, Class D Felony
  • Other offenses will be accepted on a case by case basis.
  • Participants must have no open warrants
  • Participants must have no prior convictions for rape, child molestation, or murder
  • Participants must have no charges pending out of county
  • Participants must be determined to be one of the following risk/need according to the assessment
    • High Risk/High Need
    • -High Risk/Low Need
    • -Low Risk/High Need
    • -Upper Moderate Risk/Upper Moderate Need
• Willingness to comply with court ordered treatment and other required program services
• Ability to physically participate in treatment activities (within guidelines of the American Disabilities Act).
  • *Unless the individual has also received a diagnosis for a disorder (i.e., PTSD) from a qualified clinician. In these cases, an individual may be allowed to participate even if he/she has a low/risk, low/need score according to the IRAS.

Program cost: All persons enrolled in the Veterans Treatment Court program will be assessed an admission fee of $100.00 and a user fee in the amount of $50.00 per month which begins in the second month of participation.

Target population: Adults who are ordered by the Porter County Court to perform community service

Program cost: Child Support: $25. Infractions & Class C Misdemeanors: $75. Revocations on Misdemeanor Files: $100. Class B Misdemeanors: $150. Class A Misdemeanors: $200. Revocation on Felony Level/6-4: $175. Class D Felony/Level 6: $225. Class C Felony/Level 5: $275. Class B Felony/Level 4: $325.

Pact Women’s Education Classes:

Initially, Pact completes a Women’s Risk and Needs Assessment (WRNA) to determine whether trauma, substance abuse, or a history of aggression might be the focal point of an individual’s decision to commit a crime. Based on the results of the WRNA, a woman may be placed in one of Pact’s education classes that best fit her needs. A woman may also be determined to be ineligible for education classes if her scores are extremely low. This decision is also based on research out of the University of Cincinnati, where the level of risk to reoffend, a person’s treatment needs, and responsivity factors guide the level and dosage of treatment for best outcomes on recidivism. Pact offers 3 classes for women in the justice system:

Beyond Anger and Violence: Moderate/high risk clients with a violence-related offense. This class focuses on anger management skills and techniques for mitigating hostile or aggressive reactions to life stressors. Trauma, early childhood relationships and development, and components of abusive vs. healthy relationships are explored. Calming/grounding techniques are also practiced and anger management techniques are explored. Classes are 20 weeks plus orientation and the sessions are 2 hours weekly. The class fee is $285.

Beyond Anger and Violence (Low Risk): Lower-risk individuals with a violence-related offense. This class is designed for women who have scored as lower-risk on the WRNA but could benefit from learning anger-management skills. Topics include exploring ways in which distorted/unhealthy thinking patterns can affect individuals’ emotions and reactions to life stressors and anger management techniques. The class also teaches calming/grounding techniques to use when overwhelming feelings occur. Trauma is briefly explored, as well as early childhood relationships and development.  This class is 7 weeks with sessions that are 2 hours weekly. The class fee is $160.

Beyond Trauma: Moderate/high risk clients. This class focuses on the processes of how trauma can affect the mind and body, how to identify triggers of trauma, and physical/emotional responses to traumatic events and life stressors. Calming/grounding techniques are practiced and components of anger management and abusive vs. healthy relationships are explored. This class is 12 weeks induration, with sessions lasting 2 hours weekly. The fee is $285.

Helping Women Recover: Moderate/high risk clients who have a history of or current addiction. This class focuses on how substance use may affect an individual’s worldview and the ways in which people think, feel, and react to life stressors. Trauma, early-childhood relationships and development, and anger management topics are explored as well.  This class is 20 weeks in duration, with sessions lasting 2 hours weekly. The class fee is $285.