DeKalb County Reentry Help

DeKalb County Probation Department

215 East Ninth Street, Suite 200, Auburn, IN 46706

If you are on probation, report as your officer directs. Tell your officer right away if you change jobs or addresses.

DeKalb County Community Corrections

215 East 9th Street, Suite 101, Auburn, IN 46706

Community-based supervision, work release, and home detention for people referred by the courts or coming home from IDOC.

IDOC Parole District Fort Wayne (PD 2): serves DeKalb County

3111 Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN 46805

Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM EST

If you are on state parole, this is your district office. Ask about the district's HIRE coordinator for job placement help.

Indiana BMV: Auburn BMV Branch

1388 S GRANDSTAFF DR Auburn, IN 46706

A state ID is the first key to a job, an apartment, and benefits. Ask for the free ID card for voting purposes if you cannot pay.

FSSA Division of Family Resources: DeKalb County (SNAP, Medicaid, TANF)

1390 S. Grandstaff Drive, Auburn, IN 46706

Mon–Fri, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Apply online for food assistance and health coverage; local staff will call you for an interview.

WorkOne Auburn

936 W. 15th St., Auburn, IN 46706

Mon-Wed & Fri 8:00 am - 4:30 pm; Thu 10:00 am - 4:30 pm

Free job search help, resumes, training money, and help filing for the Federal Bonding Program.

62 fair-chance employers in DeKalb County

Employers reported to hire people with records, with proof, locations, and how to apply.

Getting hired with a record: your tools

The free Federal Bonding Program, expungement, what employers can ask, and how to talk about your record.

DeKalb County Clerk of Courts

100 S. Main Street (PO Box 230), Auburn, IN 46706

Court records, paying fines and costs, and where expungement petitions for convictions in this county are filed.

Indiana Legal Services - Fort Wayne (free civil legal help)

110 West Berry Street, Suite 2007, Fort Wayne, IN 46802

Free help with housing, benefits, family law, and consumer problems for people with low income. Expungement help line: 1-844-243-8570 (Mon–Thu, 9 AM–1 PM). They do not handle criminal cases.

Indiana Legal Help: free expungement forms

Step-by-step forms and a fee-waiver motion if you cannot pay the filing fee.

Inspiration Ministries

136 W. Main Street, Butler, IN 46721

Treatment provider approved for Indiana Recovery Works, which can pay for treatment and recovery housing for people with felony-level justice involvement.

Inspiration Ministries

111 S. Broadway St., Butler, IN 46721

Recovery residence approved for Indiana Recovery Works, which can pay for treatment and recovery housing for people with felony-level justice involvement.

Indiana Recovery Works: find a provider

State-funded treatment and recovery housing for people with a justice history. Providers in nearby counties can also serve you.

DeKalb Area Rural Transit (DART) (public transit)

Rides for work, appointments, probation, and groceries. Call ahead to schedule.

2nd Chance Indiana (Link2Hope Navigator employer directory)

9135 N Meridian St, Ste A3, Indianapolis, IN 46260

Nonprofit running job training, in-facility and post-release mentoring, rides to work, and a searchable directory of about 2,500 Indiana employers that hire people with records (via the Link2Hope navigator). Serves: Formerly incarcerated adults; 18–24 skilled-trades track under a federal grant.

Hearten House

Transitional housing for women. Serves: Women.

Indiana 211

Phone Mon–Fri 7 AM–7 PM; in211.org anytime

Free and confidential. One call finds local food, shelter, utility help, and more. You can also text your ZIP code to 898-211.

All Indiana reentry programs

Statewide programs for job training, housing, and support after release, including IDOC's HIRE program.