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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 extend and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Detention Reduction Project
Original Contract Period: 2/1/2013 - 11/30/2013
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 4/1/2016 - 3/31/2017
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $4,500,000.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 2/5/2013, $1,500,000.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 3/12/2014, $1,500,000.00, 4/1/2014 - 3/31/2015; 3/11/2015, $1,500,000.00, 4/1/2015 - 3/31/2016
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 3/17/2014, 12/1/2013 - 3/31/2014
This Increase Requested: $750,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2016 $500,000.00, FY 2017 $250,000.00
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 approved a ten-month contract with Heartland Human Care Services, Inc. to manage the Cook County Juvenile Detention Reduction Project (DRP), to serve court-involved, moderate and high-risk youth who may be in jeopardy of imminent referral to the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center due to non-compliance with court orders.
The DRP augments the court's nationally recognized Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative by expanding the continuum of community-based services that judges and probation officers may use to divert keep at-risk minors from detention. Both the Initiative and the DRP allow minors to remain in their communities and engaged in pro-social interventions. The project currently provides services to youth living in targeted Chicago communities. The contra...
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