JAY COUNTY DRUG PREVENTION COALITION
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Integrated Reentry & Correctional ​Support (IRACS)

What is IRACS?

Launched in July of 2022, IRACS is a program now operating in Blackford & Delaware county jails. IRACS allows for peer recovery coaches, re-entry "navigators", and social workers to go into these two correctional facilities and offer interventions and supports for incarcerated individuals, whose justice involvement is being impacted by substance use disorder (SUD) and/or mental health issues. The IRACS team meets with incarcerated individuals who:
  1. Are in IDOC awaiting sentencing
  2. Will be incarcerated for an extended period of time within the jail
  3. Are pending release in the next sixty (60) days and require support with reentry
  4. Whose incarceration will be brief, as they await conditional release

The Goals of IRACS:
  • Identify and advocate for individuals who would be better served by alternative treatment options
  • Increase recovery community development within the jails
  • Reduce recidivism in collaboration with community partners
  • Decrease addiction & mental health stigma
  • Increase successful reentry
  • Reduce overdose risk for those in reentry
  • Increase outpatient and inpatient treatment engagement upon release
  • Increase harm reduction supports upon release
  • Decrease barriers to recovery and treatment

​If you have an incarcerated loved one, who would benefit from the IRACS program, or for any other questions regarding the IRACS program, please contact Travis Jester, our IRACS Supervisor & Peer Recovery Lead.

Our IRACS Team

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Travis Jester
IRACS Supervisor
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Alivia Maitlen​
IRACS Peer Recovery Coach

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Christene Dillard​
IRACS Navigator

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Jamee Hunt​
IRACS Navigator

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Jamie Blevins
IRACS Peer Recovery Coach

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Jeremey Spencer
IRACS Peer Recovery Coach

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Justina Pfeffer​
IRACS Reentry Peer Recovery Coach

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Kelsey Owings
IRACS Peer Recovery Coach​

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Laurance Musselman​
IRACS Peer Recovery Coach

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​Shane Ehrhart
IRACS Peer Recovery Coach

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Sarah Daily
IRACS Reentry Peer Recovery Coach​

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Travis Capes
​IRACS Peer Recovery Coach

Location

100 N. Meridian Street 
Portland, Indiana
47371

About Us

​As a community partner we support, advocate, and promote legal, state, and national efforts to prevent and reduce the harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among youth and adults in Jay County, Indiana.

The Jay County Drug Prevention Coalition (JCDPC) is part of the statewide network of the
 Indiana Commission to Combat Drug Abuse. The JCDPC is the Local Coordinating Council (LCC) for the community.  

Contact Us

(260) 251-3259
jcdpccontact@gmail.com

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  • Home
    • About Us
  • Prevention
    • Breathe Easy Jay County
    • More Prevention
    • Jay Co Statistics
  • Recovery
    • Peer Addiction Support Team
    • Integrated Reentry & Correctional Support
    • Indiana Recovery Network
  • Resources
    • School-Based Prevention >
      • ACTS
      • Botvin LifeSkills Training
      • PreVenture
      • VOICE
      • WhyTry
    • Support Services >
      • Tobacco Cessation
      • Parent Pit Stop
      • Loved Ones Support Team
    • Community Education >
      • ASIST
      • Mental Health First Aid
      • Going Mobile
      • Hidden in Plain Sight
      • Adverse Childhood Experiences >
        • ACEs Training
        • ACEs Quiz
        • CDC: Vital Signs
    • Environmental Strategies >
      • Parents Who Host Lose The Most
      • Talk, They Hear You
      • Be The Majority
  • 2022 Community Survey
  • Blog
  • DONATE