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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 contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Detention Reduction Project
Original Contract Period: 2/1/2013 - 11/30/2013
Proposed Contract Period Extension: N/A
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $5,900,167.00
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) (4/12/2017, $650,167.00, 4/1/2017-3/31/2018)
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): 3/17/2014, 12/1/2013 - 3/31/2014
This Increase Requested: $515,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2018 $515,000.00
Accounts: 326-298
Contract Number(s): 13-50-025
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Or finance 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.
The request for the increase is to continue services until a new contract is executed, while a corresponding Request for Proposal (“RFP”) process is completed.
This is a Sole Source Contract pursuant to Section 34-139 of the Cook County Procurement Code.
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