STEP Intervention Services

The Juvenile Court Services within the Sixth Judicial District is seeking one or more vendors to provide STEP Intervention Services throughout all of JCS D6, which includes the counties of Benton, Iowa, Linn, Jones, Johnson, and Tama. The STEP program is an in-home, level-based supervision program with outreach services primarily serving moderate, high, and high-against-person youth. The contractor will be responsible for providing trained STEP Facilitators who will work with the youth and their families to achieve success in moving through the programming. The contractor will also be responsible for collecting urinary analysis samples, providing transportation outside of the district on an as-needed basis, and reporting situations outlined in the Crisis Plan to the JCO. • The contractor will be required to connect with the referring JCO during business hours virtually, in-person, or via phone call. • The contractor will be required to provide daily electronic monitoring unit reports to JCS by 8:00 AM daily, including weekends and holidays. • The contractor will be required to collect urinary analysis samples from youth, with an estimated 15 samples per month. • The contractor will be required to provide transportation outside of the district on an as-needed basis, with an estimated 2 trips per month. • The contractor will be required to report situations outlined in the Crisis Plan to the JCO via email or voicemail no later than 8 hours following the incident.