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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department, Circuit Court of Cook County
Vendor: Heartland Human Care Services Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to increase and extend
Good(s) or Service(s): Contract to administer the Juvenile Detention Reduction Project.
Original Contract Period: 2/8/2013 - 11/30/2013.
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 4/1/2014 - 3/31/2015.
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $1,500,000.00.
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 2/5/2013, $1,500,000.00.
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 12/1/2013 - 03/31/2014
This Increase Requested: $1,500,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: $750,000.00, FY 2015 $750,000.00
Accounts: 326-298
Contract Number(s): 13-50-025
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs
Summary: On 2/5/2013, the Cook County Board of Commissioners authorized a contract for detention reduction initiatives under the auspices of the Circuit Court of Cook County's Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department. The target population is court-involved minors who may be in jeopardy of an imminent referral to the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center due to non-compliance with court order/orders.
This continuum of community-based services is designed to keep at-risk minors in their homes and engaged in pro-social interventions in lieu of detention. The contract will provide a wide range of respite care, including educational, therapeutic and recreational programming, emergency shelter beds and expedited access to clinical services, which respond to the needs of the juveniles who are referred to participate in this program. The program curricula will be redesigned over time to incorporate additional services for referred minors.
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