Court-Ordered Remote Recovery Monitoring
A structured accountability program for substance use disorder recovery that provides courts and supervision officers with daily, objective compliance data — without removing participants from employment, family, or housing.
Program Overview
Orbiit Recovery is a clinician-supervised remote monitoring program for individuals in substance use disorder recovery. Participants receive daily check-ins via SMS containing links to brief web-based activities. A smartphone with web access is required — no app download, no account creation, no password.
Each day, participants receive structured touchpoints: brief educational content, guided reflections, and engagement prompts. Every response is recorded and scored. Supervising clinicians and authorized officers monitor compliance through a secure web dashboard that provides real-time engagement data.
The program operates as structured accountability — daily, measurable contact that fills the gap between court hearings and office visits with objective data.
Recommended Court-Ordered Requirements
The following conditions may be incorporated into court orders, probation terms, or supervision agreements. Language is provided as a starting point and should be adapted to local jurisdiction requirements.
Sample Conditions of Supervision
- Daily Check-In Compliance. The participant shall maintain a minimum 90% response rate to daily SMS check-ins delivered through the Orbiit Recovery program.
- SOBER Score Maintenance. The participant shall maintain a SOBER Score of 90 or above, as calculated by the Orbiit Recovery monitoring system.
- Communication with Supervision Officer. The participant shall maintain open and timely communication with the assigned probation or supervision officer regarding program status and any changes in circumstances.
- Drug Screening. The participant shall submit to random drug screening when triggered by warning indicators identified through the monitoring system or at the discretion of the supervision officer.
- Recovery Support Connection. The participant shall establish and maintain an active connection with a Recovery Care Organization (RCO), Certified Peer Specialist (CPS), or licensed treatment provider.
- Court Review Hearings. The participant shall attend scheduled court review hearings as ordered, recommended at monthly or bi-monthly intervals during the initial monitoring period.
What These Requirements Mean
What is a SOBER Score?
The SOBER Score is a daily engagement metric calculated from the participant’s responses to program touchpoints. Each day includes 8 touchpoints worth up to 5 points each (40 points maximum), displayed as a percentage. A participant who completes all daily touchpoints receives a 100% score. The score measures consistent engagement with the recovery program — not clinical outcomes or sobriety status directly.
A SOBER Score of 90 or above indicates that the participant is actively engaging with the program on a near-daily basis. Scores are visible to clinicians and authorized supervision officers through the monitoring dashboard.
How are daily check-ins conducted?
Participants receive text messages throughout the day containing links to brief recovery-focused activities: guided meditations, micro-course lessons with comprehension questions, affirmation prompts, and evening reflections. The participant taps a link in each text message, which opens the activity in their phone’s web browser. A smartphone with web access is required. No app installation, username, or password is needed.
What does 90% compliance look like?
At 90% compliance, a participant is responding to nearly all daily check-ins with only occasional missed touchpoints. Over a 30-day period, 90% compliance means the participant missed no more than 3 days of full engagement. This threshold indicates reliable, sustained participation in the program.
What does the supervision officer see?
Authorized officers receive access to a secure web dashboard showing the participant’s current SOBER Score, daily response history, trend graphs, and any system-generated alerts. The dashboard is accessible from any web browser and does not require software installation.
Warning Signs & When to Order a Drug Screen
The Orbiit system continuously monitors participant engagement and automatically flags the following indicators. Supervision officers do not need to manually track compliance — the system generates alerts when intervention may be warranted.
| Indicator |
What It Means |
Recommended Action |
| SOBER Score drops below 85 |
Participant is disengaging from daily touchpoints. Score decline often precedes relapse by 7–14 days. |
Contact participant. Consider drug screen. |
| 3+ consecutive missed check-ins |
Participant has stopped responding to the program entirely for multiple days. |
Immediate outreach. Order drug screen. |
| Clinician-escalated concern |
The supervising clinician has identified risk factors through clinical assessment and flagged the participant for additional oversight. |
Coordination between clinician and supervision officer per established protocol. |
These indicators are flagged automatically. The supervision officer receives dashboard alerts when thresholds are crossed. This replaces guesswork with objective, daily data — the officer acts on evidence, not intuition.
How to Enroll a Participant
- Contact Orbiit Recovery to initiate enrollment. Provide the participant’s name, phone number, and court/supervision officer contact information.
- Participant requirements: A smartphone with web access and an active SMS plan. No app download, no account creation, no password.
- Court-ordered enrollment: During signup, the participant designates the supervision officer as an authorized interested party, granting read-only access to engagement metrics (SOBER Score, check-in compliance).
- Enrollment is completed within 24 hours. The participant receives their first check-in the following day.
- Dashboard access is provisioned for the supervising clinician and any authorized supervision officers.
- Ongoing support: Orbiit provides onboarding assistance and technical support for participants and officers throughout the monitoring period.
Important — Access & Consent: Federal law (42 CFR Part 2) requires that participants consent to sharing substance use disorder records. Participants retain the legal right to revoke this access at any time. However, participants enrolled under a court order should understand that revoking supervision officer access constitutes a violation of their probation or supervision terms. The enrollment process makes this clear to the participant at the time of consent.
Why Remote Monitoring vs. Inpatient Treatment
Inpatient Treatment
$15,000–$30,000+
Per 30-day stay
Orbiit Remote Monitoring
Fraction of cost
Monthly subscription
- Participant maintains employment. Job loss is a leading driver of relapse. Inpatient treatment requires 30–90 days away from work. Remote monitoring allows participants to continue working while receiving daily recovery support.
- Family stability is preserved. Removing a parent from the home for extended treatment disrupts children’s routines, strains relationships, and can destabilize housing. Remote monitoring keeps the participant present for their family.
- Housing is not disrupted. Inpatient stays can result in lost housing, missed rent payments, and lease violations. Participants in remote monitoring remain in their homes.
- Evidence-based daily engagement. Rather than a single intensive treatment episode followed by no monitoring, Orbiit provides sustained daily contact that reinforces recovery behaviors over months.
- Real-time court visibility. Inpatient programs provide discharge summaries after the fact. Remote monitoring gives the court and supervision officers daily, objective compliance data throughout the monitoring period.
- Scalable for the justice system. Courts can monitor multiple participants simultaneously through a single dashboard without additional staffing or administrative burden.
Remote monitoring is not a replacement for all inpatient treatment. It is an evidence-informed alternative for participants whose clinical profile supports community-based recovery — particularly those with employment, family responsibilities, and stable housing worth preserving.