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Post‑treatment recovery home asks for repairs to five client rooms; city funds already under way
Summary
A representative of a local post‑treatment recovery home told the panel the facility needs repairs to five client rooms and asked county grant funds be applied to the work; the facility already has city settlement funds and a counseling line item in place.
A representative of a Porter County post‑treatment recovery home asked the grant panel for money to repair five client rooms that the speaker said are "desperately in need of repair." The speaker said the facility houses up to 14 clients at a time and two staff members live onsite, noting "we have up to 14 clients at a time and then 2 staff members live there too... so we have a total of 16 guys."
The presenter told the panel that the organization already received city settlement funding for other home improvements and ongoing counseling support: "It was $10,000 a year for counseling... and it was... $79,000 something that got improvements," the speaker said. The newly requested funds would be targeted specifically at renovating the five client rooms, replacing bunk beds with single beds in some rooms and repairing walls and finishes.
The speaker said they obtained one contractor estimate quickly because of the short application window and did not have multiple bids: "With this one, I did not because of the time frame... So that's what I went with." The presenter added that if the panel does not grant the full amount requested, partial funding would be used to start work on the rooms and the organization would pursue other sources.
The facility is a structured, 180‑day (six‑month) program that the presenter described as a 12‑step, post‑treatment residence. The home includes weekly group and individual counseling, a household chore and meal structure and a three‑strike policy for rule violations. The speaker said last year the home served 46 clients and recorded 12 graduates.
Panel members asked about procurement and whether additional contractor bids would be collected if funding were approved; the presenter said the short turnaround limited bids but that any funds received would be used for the room repairs and that the organization would submit reimbursement documentation to the city for existing awards.
The panel did not take an immediate vote; staff said they would follow up with paperwork and next steps.
