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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Vendor: Firehouse Community Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Juvenile Diversion Pilot Program
Contract Value: $347,177.92
Contract period: 9/1/2025 - 8/31/2026 with two (2), 1-year renewal options
Contract Utilization: The contract specific goal set on this contract was zero.
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2025 $109,252.64, FY 2026 $237,925.28
Accounts: TBD
Contract Number(s): 2525-06250
Summary: The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office requests authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute a contract with Firehouse Community Arts Center (FCAC) to establish programmatic support for justice involved youth. This pilot program with FCAC will establish a community-based alternative to juvenile detention that combines culturally grounded, trauma-informed, restorative approaches with cognitive behavioral interventions to serve justice involved youth, on a pre-trial basis, at and around Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood.
This is a Sole Source Procurement pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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