Indiana Code Title 11. Corrections § 11-12-2-1

Sec. 1. (a) For the purpose of encouraging counties to develop a coordinated local corrections-criminal justice system and providing effective alternatives to imprisonment at the state level, the commissioner shall, out of funds appropriated for such purposes, make grants:

Appropriations intended for this purpose may not be used by the department for any other purpose.  Money appropriated to the department of correction for the purpose of making grants under this chapter and any financial aid payments suspended under section 6 of this chapter do not revert to the state general fund at the close of any fiscal year, but remain available to the department of correction for its use in making grants under this chapter.

(b) The commissioner shall coordinate with the division of mental health and addiction in issuing community corrections and court supervised recidivism reduction program grants to programs that provide alternative sentencing projects for persons with mental illness, addictive disorders, intellectual disabilities, and developmental disabilities.  Programs for addictive disorders may include:

(c) Grants awarded under this chapter:

(d) Before the tenth day of each month, the department shall compile the following information with respect to the previous month:

(e) The department shall:

of the information compiled by the department under subsection (d).  The report to the budget committee must be submitted in a form approved by the budget committee, and the report to the advisory council must be in a form approved by the advisory council.