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File #: 26-0658    Version: 1 Name: TE # 28 FY 2026 Summer Youth Work Experience Program (SYWEP)
Type: Resolution Status: To Be Introduced
File created: 4/27/2026 In control: Administration
On agenda: 5/6/2026 Final action:
Title: Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation Purpose: FY 2026 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) to provide In-School and Out of School youth and young adults ages 16-24 with valuable internships and assist in successful transition to the world of work. Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Appropriation Amount: $829,600.00 Budget Year: 2026 Contract Period: April 1, 2026 through October 31, 2026 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( X ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: Funds to be accepted by Resolution Legistar File ID # 26-0617) submitted under separate cover. Operating Agency: Office of the Mayor and Agencies, O...
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Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: FY 2026 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) to provide In-School and Out of School youth and young adults ages 16-24 with valuable internships and assist in successful transition to the world of work.
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Appropriation Amount: $829,600.00
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: April 1, 2026 through October 31, 2026
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( X ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Funds to be accepted by Resolution Legistar File ID # 26-0617) submitted under separate cover.
Operating Agency: Office of the Mayor and Agencies, One Stop Career Center-Newark Works
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE - #28

WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Eight Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Six Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($829,600.00) for FY 2026 Summer Youth Work Experience Program (SYWEP) and no adequate provision has been made in the 2026 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose; and

WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the purpose abovementioned; and

WHEREAS, by award letter dated March 25, 2026 from New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the City of Newark has been awarded FY 2026 Summer Youth Work Experience Program (SYWEP) in the amount of $829,600.00 to provide in-school and out-of-school youth and young adults aged 16 to 24 with valuable work experience, and to help them to successfully transition to the world of work; and

WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides that the Governing Body by a two-thirds vote may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year; and.

WHEREAS, the emergency appropriations adopted in 2026 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20, including this resolution, total $293,906,644.67.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, no less than two-thirds of all members thereof affirmatively concurring, THAT:

1. An emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification:

Program
FY2026 Summer Youth Work Experience Program (SYWEP)
Amount
$829,600.00

2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2026 budget.

3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.


STATEMENT

This resolution establishes an appropriation and revenue in the 2026 City of Newark's Budget for the FY 2026 Summer Youth Work Experience Program (SYWEP) in the amount of $829,600.00. These funds have been awarded by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The project period is April 1, 2026 through October 31, 2026.