Transportation Serving Iowa with safe, cost effective client and family transportation from border to border and beyond.

Overview

• CIJDC employs transporters, available day and night, throughout Iowa to maximize cost-savings for our customers.
• CIJDC provides transportation in secure agency vans and personally owned vehicles
• CIJDC carries a $2 Million liability insurance policy
• CIJDC averages 135 transports per month and has coordinated this service since 1998.
• All juveniles who are adjudicated delinquent or have pending delinquency will be transported using full mechanical restraints including handcuffs, shackles and belly chain.
• Youth and Families who are not adjudicated delinquent will be transported without mechanical restraints.

Guidelines

• All transports must be court ordered by a judge.
• We can transport juveniles to any location in Iowa.
• We provide transportation for interstate trips including air travel if necessary.

Benefits
Counties who utilize our service benefit in the following ways:

• Reduces the overall number of Deputies, JCOs and DHS workers transporting juveniles.
• Eliminates unnecessary overtime and scheduling concerns for the Sheriff's Department.
• Increases community safety by keeping Sheriff’s Deputies in the community.
• Sheriff’s Deputies are often paid in excess of the State transportation reimbursement rate. CIJDC can offer a more cost effective transportation option.
• Our service eliminates the need for numerous agencies to employ and train transportation staff.
• CIJDC coordinates all trip details from the essential information provided to us through JCS, DHS, and Sheriff’s Departments.
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• We operate two agency vans which epitomizes the safety, security, and efficiency of our transportation service.
• Transporters on duty are required to be available via cell phone at all times.

Costs

• Costs are billed to the Judicial District, County or DHS funding source
• Hourly, mileage rates and fees vary by district and/or contract
• Meal reimbursement during specified time frames

Referral Process

• All transports must be set up by a JCO, DHS Worker or Law Enforcement Agency
• Call CIJDC and refer the trip to any staff member.
• Please fax or mail a copy of the court order or funding request prior to the trip.
• CIJDC can arrange transportation within 30 minutes of referral under most circumstances

Employment

• CIJDC Transporters are paid $12/hour and 34.5 cents per mile
• Transport coverage is optional (must accept 1/3 of trips offered)
• Transports referred 24/7 creating trips for diverse full time schedules

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