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Reentry / rehab / MAT / outreach programs

The programs interrupting the cycle.

Reentry, rehab, MAT, and outreach programs documented across the 12 focus counties. Each program belongs to one of four types: reentry (post-incarceration linkage), rehab (residential or outpatient), MAT (medication-assisted treatment), and outreach (community-level prevention).

About these figures.

Every number below is drawn from each program’s own published reports and carries the year it was reported. They are point-in-time figures from those publications, not live counts. For current movement on funding and policy that shapes these programs, see Bills, County action, and the per-county detail on Counties.

Statewide programs

HIRE — Hoosier Initiative for Re-Entry

Type: reentry · statewide

Job-placement program. State-funded.

1,808 placements (2024)

As reported for 2024: 594 partner employers · $15.84 avg wage · 15,000+ lifetime placements · 14% recidivism among completers.

IRACS — Integrated Reentry & Correctional Support

Type: reentry · Scott County Jail

State-funded via Indiana DMHA. Active since ~2022.

9.5% recidivism (reported)

Down from 26% pre-program. 7th consecutive perfect inspection as of March 2026. Peer recovery coaches on-site; post-release navigator continuity.

Goodwill New Beginnings + Rural Works

Type: reentry + outreach · partial coverage

Justice-involved Career Day model + rural workforce reintegration.

Strong track record

Bus-route requirement is a gatekeeper for participation; coverage in southern Indiana is partial.

Anchor county models

Jackson County — Triple Stack

Type: reentry stack · SOAR + MRT + Catholic Charities

The model SIJ uses as its outcome anchor. SOAR (benefits linkage) + Moral Reconation Therapy + Catholic Charities case management.

8% recidivism

Scott County — IRACS

Type: jail-based reentry · state pilot

See HIRE/IRACS card above. State-funded model now being studied for cross-county replication.

9.5% recidivism

SSP — Scott County Syringe Services

Type: harm reduction / outreach · HIV outbreak response, 2015

Authorized after the 2015 HIV outbreak in Austin, IN. Continues to anchor the IDOH SSP roster as one of the longest-running programs in the state.

How to read this page. The cards above summarize each program from its own published annual report, with the report year shown. Recidivism and placement figures are program-reported outcomes. For the policy and funding decisions that affect these programs — jail funding, reentry programming, treatment access — track legislation and county action, and see how each county’s outcomes line up on Counties and Correlations.