Intermediate Punishment Treatment Program Initiative Grant

The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) is accepting applications for the FY 2025-26 Intermediate Punishment Treatment Program. This initiative aims to support restrictive probation conditions to divert individuals from incarceration and provide essential treatment for those with substance use or mental health issues. By doing so, it seeks to reduce recidivism and enhance public safety, fulfilling PCCD's mission to improve the criminal justice system and community safety.

The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) is now accepting applications for funding under the FY 2025-26 Intermediate Punishment Treatment Program initiative. The primary purpose of this grant program is to support restrictive conditions imposed as part of county probation. Act 115 of 2019 replaced County Intermediate Punishment (CIP) as a sentencing option with an Order of Probation, for which restrictive conditions may be imposed. CIP programs are restrictive conditions of probation imposed under section 9763 (c) or (d) (relating to adoption of guidelines for restrictive conditions).
Under this Act, the court may order probation and specify the length of supervision, up to the maximum sentence, but in imposing probation, the court must consider the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing's (PCS) guidelines for probation and restrictive conditions of supervision and to specify at the time of sentencing the conditions of probation and restrictive conditions.
The goal of the FY 2025-26 Intermediate Punishment Treatment Program remains to divert individuals from county jail or state prison and provide the necessary treatment for individuals with substance use or mental health disorders, thereby reducing recidivism and increasing public safety.