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

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.

• Target population: Women in the criminal justice system determined by assessment to have a low risk to reoffend
• Program cost: $200

Project Prevent Re-Occurring Offenses Project (PRO) for Women: Project PRO is designed to promote community safety through a containment team process.  Individuals referred for placement have sexual offenses and participate in assessment, groups, meetings with their probation officers, and meetings with other providers as needed for polygraph testing.

• Target population: Adult women who have been convicted of sexual offenses
• Program Cost: $35 per session

Beyond Anger and Violence (BAV): A gender specific, evidence-based, manualized curriculum, for women of moderate to high risk for re-offending, who are in criminal justice settings (jails, prisons, and community corrections) or the community at large with histories of aggression and/or violence. It deals with the violence and trauma they have experienced, as well as the violence they may have committed. It addresses the factors that put people at risk for experiencing and/or inflicting violence.  This model is used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), World Health Organization (WHO), and was used in the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) research on women in prison.

The program is designed to assist women in understanding trauma, the multiple aspects of anger, and emotional regulation. This four level model of violence prevention considers the complex interplay between individual, relationship, community, and societal factors. Each participant receives a workbook that allows her to process and record the therapeutic experience. There are detailed and empowering tools, skill building exercises, and activities focused on self- examination. Beyond Violence is a 20 week program that meets once a week for 90 minutes.

• Target population: Women with a history of aggression and/or violence who have been determined by assessment to be at a moderate to high-risk to reoffend
• Program Cost: $250

Moving On (MO): A gender-responsive program that is based on theory and research concerned with women. It initially was designed for women who are involved in the criminal justice system, but can be implemented for women in the community at large. The program aims at increasing the health and well-being of women, their families, and the community. Its delivery relies on three complementary approaches-relational theory, motivational interviewing, and cognitive-behavioral intervention.

Moving On addresses skill building in the following areas: development of effective communication skills to help initiate and maintain healthy relationships; exploring the impact of unhealthy relationships and domestic violence; how to express and celebrate emotions; and how to address real-life challenges regarding relationship with self and connections with others. Moving On is a 26 week program that meets once a week for two hours.

• Target population: Women in the criminal justice system who have been determined to be at medium, moderate, or high risk to reoffend based on assessment
• Program cost: $250

Moving On After Care: The acquisition of new skills requires practice, feedback and reinforcement to be sustained and perfected.  Moving On program After Care group meetings are designed to provide women this opportunity.

The Maintenance Plans completed in module six of the Moving On program will provide the basis for skills practice. The program content will generally be divided into three parts; review of maintenance plans, rehearsal and practice, and development of new plans. The group will serve as a platform to discuss and practice utilizing the plan. This group meets for ninety minutes, bi-weekly. There are no fees associated with this group.

• Target population: Women who have completed the Moving On program are required to participate to a minimum of six meetings. This program is open to any woman who has been in any PACT Women’s Services programming
• Program cost: No fee

Healing From Trauma: Healing From Trauma is a program designed to help women begin to recover from the effects of trauma and to help them find ways to grow, flourish, and enjoy healthy relationships and happier lives. The coping skills that it presents can be useful in dealing with a variety of traumatic events, although the primary focus is on intimate partner violence. The program consists of five sessions, adapted from the eleven-session Beyond Trauma materials, which present an integrated approach to women’s treatment based on theory, research, and clinical experience. It is gender responsive, which means that it reflects an understanding of the realities of women’s lives.

The women in the group will go through a process of understanding what has happened to them and exploring how abuse has affected them. They will learn more about what abuse is and how widespread it is in women’s lives. They will also learn coping mechanisms (exercises and techniques) to help them feel grounded and safe.

• Target population: Women who have experienced trauma and are determined to be moderate to high risk to reoffend based on assessment
• Program cost: No additional fee for women enrolled in any other PACT program.$200 if not enrolled in another PACT program.