Craine House is an alternative sentencing program for non-violent female offenders and their
pre-school age children. This facility is one of six in existence in the country and the only one
in the Midwest. There two main components within our program; Residential and
Day Reporting. Our Residential program allows women from within Marion and surrounding
counties to serve out their executed sentence with their children, in lieu of jail or prison. The
program offers structure and guidance with individualized goals for the women. Craine House offers
an array of programs to better serve each woman's needs; parenting, GED classes, tutoring, health
and nutrition, substance abuse programs, employment resources, and faith-based opportunities.
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OUR VISION
Our vision for Craine House is to provide services and programs to women that will empower
them to engage in meaningful work, raise healthy families, thrive in their communities in
freedom, and to further educate and enlighten the community in the process.
Craine House promotes:
- Development of life skills
- Strengthening of the mother-child relationship
- Opportunity for academic advancement
- Guidance to attain emotional and economic independence