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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: 4/1/2017 - 3/31/2018
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $5,250,000.00
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; 3/23/2016, $750,000.00, 4/1/2016 - 3/31/2017
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 3/17/2014, 12/1/2013 - 3/31/2014
This Increase Requested: $650,167.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2017 $222,112.00, FY 2018 $428,055.00
Accounts: 326-298, 1326-521313 Special or Cooperative Programs
Contract Number(s): 13-50-025
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via full MBE/WBE waiver.
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 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 which is a continuum of community-based services that judges and probation officers may use to divert at-risk minors from detention. Both the Initiative and the DRP programs allow minors to remain in their communities and engage in pro-social interventions. The DRP currently provides services to youth living in targeted Chicago communities. The contract provides a wide range of interventions and mentoring, including educational, therapeutic and recreational programming, which responds to the needs of the juveniles who are referred to participate in this project. Heartland partners with 13 faith-based and other community based-agencies to facilitate direct access to services and care. Since the beginning of the project, more than 3,750 referrals have been processed for DRP services.
This contract was renewed with the approval of the Cook County Board in 2014, 2015 and 2016. This extension is requested while a Request for Proposal (RFP) is re-issued to continue DRP.
This is a Sole Source Contract pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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