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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 contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Contract to administer the Juvenile Detention Reduction Project
Original Contract Period: 2/1/2013 - 11/30/2013
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 4/1/2015-3/31/2016
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $3,000,000.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 2/5/2013, $1,500,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 3/12/2014, Increase $1,500,000.00 and Extension 4/1/2014 - 3/31/2015
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): Extension 12/1/2013 - 3/31/2014
This Increase Requested: $1,500,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2015 $1,000,000.00, FY 2016 $500,000
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 the Cook County Juvenile Detention Reduction Project (DRP) 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.
The DRP augments the court's nationally recognized Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative in expanding the continuum of community-based services used by judges and probation officers to keep at-risk minors in their communities and engaged in pro-social interventions in lieu of detention. The contract provides a wide range of respite care, including educational, therapeutic and recreat...
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