CHILDREN'S COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES WINS RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE THREE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE STATE OF ALABAMA FOR A 60-BED RESIDENTIAL YOUTH CENTER.MURFREESBORO, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 1996--William J. Ballard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Children's Comprehensive Services, Inc. ("CCS (1) (Common Channel Signaling) A communications system in which one channel is used for signaling and different channels are used for voice/data transmission. Signaling System 7 (SS7) is a CCS system, also known as CCS7. See SS7. ") (Nasdaq/NM: KIDS), today announced that CCS has been selected to negotiate a contract with the Alabama Department of Youth Services to develop and operate a residential youth center in Eufaula, Alabama Eufaula is a city in Barbour County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 13,908. Geography Eufaula is located at 31°53'21.732" North, 85°9'13.586" West (31.889370, -85.153774).GR1 According to the U.S. . The center is a medium security facility and is designed to accommodate up to 60 juvenile males who have been committed to state custody. CCS won the right to negotiate the contract through a competitive bidding Competitive bidding A securities offering process in which securities firms submit competing bids to the issuer for the securities the issuer wishes to sell. competitive bidding 1. process and expects to open the facility in August 1996. The initial term of the contract is three years. Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Ballard said, "This contract will represent a significant expansion of CCS's presence in Alabama and is the first contract we will negotiate with state authorities. We currently operate three wilderness wilderness, land retaining its primeval character with the imprint of humans minimal or unnoticeable. In the United States, the Wilderness Act of 1964 established the National Wilderness Preservation System with a nucleus of 9 million acres (3. programs and two pre-trial secure detention The act of keeping back, restraining, or withholding, either accidentally or by design, a person or thing. Detention occurs whenever a police officer accosts an individual and restrains his or her freedom to walk away, or approaches and questions an individual, or stops an programs in the state, which were sponsored and negotiated at the county level. At full enrollment, we expect the Eufaula Youth Center to provide the Company annual revenues in excess of $2 million." Children's Comprehensive Services provides, either directly or through management contracts, education and treatment services for at-risk youth. It currently offers these services through the operation and management of special education schools and both open and secured residential treatment centers A residential treatment center, often referred to by the acronym RTC, is a live-in therapy/behavior modification facility for adolescents who suffer from a variety of emotional conditions, ranging from drug abuse to violence to sexual behavioral problems. for local, state and federal government agencies in Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana and Tennessee. CONTACT: Children's Comprehensive Services, Inc., Murfreesboro Donald B. Whitfield, 615/896-3100 |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion