IDJJ Exempt Report June 2026

The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice has posted an exempt-contracts report for June 2026, due for public review July 31, 2026, covering eight awards totaling approximately $21.558 million under the "Purchase of Care" exemption (30 ILCS 500/1-10(b)(3)), which removes competitive-procurement requirements for services furnishing medical, educational, psychiatric, vocational, rehabilitative, social, or human services directly to state aid recipients.

The contracts span mentoring, sex trafficking prevention, substance abuse therapy, transitional and independent living services, alcohol and drug counseling, residential services, substance use disorder treatment, and tutoring. Awardees are NXT GEN (mentoring, $526,084.50 for one-month initial term June 1–July 1, 2026, with amendment extending service through August 31, 2026); Kim White Consulting (sex trafficking prevention, $120,000 through June 30, 2029); Chestnut (substance abuse therapy and outpatient services, $180,000 through June 30, 2029); SPERO Family Services (transitional and independent living services, $45,000 through June 30, 2029); Visions (alcohol and drug counseling and mental health services, $300,000 through June 29, 2029); Nexus Indian Oaks (residential services, $14,895,422.50 through August 31, 2026); Youth Outreach Services Inc. (substance use disorder treatment, $5,110,000 through June 30, 2029); and Literacy Volunteers of Illinois (tutoring services, $375,000 through June 30, 2029). Most contracts run three-year terms; NXT GEN and Nexus Indian Oaks carry shorter initial periods. The report does not identify incumbent contractors, funding sources, or competitive-evaluation criteria, as these exemptions bypass solicitation processes.