CHAPTER 10. COMMUNITY TRANSITION PROGRAMS

IC 11-12-10
    Chapter 10. Community Transition Programs

IC 11-12-10-1
Establishment of programs
    Sec. 1. A county or a combination of counties shall establish acommunity transition program as part of its community correctionsprogram. If a county does not participate in a community correctionsprogram, each court with felony jurisdiction in the county shallprovide community transition program services through the probationdepartment for the court.
As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.209.

IC 11-12-10-2
Services offered
    Sec. 2. A community transition program for a county must provideservices that improve an offender's chances of making a successfultransition from commitment to employment and participation in thecommunity without the commission of further crimes. The programmay include any of the services described in IC 11-12-1-2.5.
As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.209.

IC 11-12-10-2.5
Transfer to program where offender resides
    Sec. 2.5. A sentencing court may transfer an offender to acommunity transition program located where the offender resides ifthe receiving community transition program agrees to accept thetransfer. In addition, if more than one (1) court sentenced theoffender, all of the courts that sentenced the offender to a period ofimprisonment that the offender was actively serving at the time of theoffender's assignment to the community transition program mustagree to the transfer in writing.
As added by P.L.90-2000, SEC.16.

IC 11-12-10-3
Community transition program funds
    Sec. 3. There is established a community transition program fundfor each community transition program. The fund shall beadministered by the community corrections advisory board in eachcounty served by a community corrections program. In a county thatis not served by a community corrections program, the courts in thecounty with felony jurisdiction shall jointly administer the fund.Money in the fund may be used for community corrections programsand, in counties that are not served by a community correctionsprogram, for probation services.
As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.209.

IC 11-12-10-4
Reimbursement on per diem basis
    Sec. 4. (a) The department shall reimburse communities on a per

diem basis for services provided to persons assigned to a communitytransition program under IC 11-10-11.5.
    (b) The department shall set the per diem rate under this section.In setting the per diem rate for a community, the department mayconsider the direct costs incurred by the community to provide acommunity transition program. The per diem may not be less thanseven dollars ($7).
    (c) Funding provided under this section is in addition to any otherfunding received under IC 11-12-2 for community correctionsprograms or IC 11-13-2 for probation services.
    (d) Money received by a community under this section shall bedeposited in the community transition program fund for thecommunity.
As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.209.