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SECOND PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE #25-0253
PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Office of the Chief Judge, Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department
Vendor: Heartland Human Care Services, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Service - Center of care for court involved youth
Contract Value: $5,235,064.90
Contract period: 12/31/2025- 11/30/2027 with two (2) one-year renewal options
Contract Utilization: The contract specific goal set on this contract was zero.
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2026 $2,460,049.45 FY 2027 $2,775,015.44
Accounts: 11100.1326.15295.521313 Special or Coop Programs
Contract Number(s): 2550-12260
Summary:
The Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department seeks approval for a contract to provide temporary residential care and programming for court-involved youth as an alternative to being detained in the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center while their cases are pending in court.
DCFS licensed non-secure care facilities have been integral components of the Cook County Juvenile Court for many years. However, the Court now faces a serious lack of providers that are able to accept and serve justice system-involved youth. Under this new proposed contract, the Office of the Chief Judge’s Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department will establish a shared-staffing model with Heartland Human Care Services to provide community-based residential care for juvenile just system-involved youth.
This is a Sole Source Procurement pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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