Welcome

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