Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of the Business Administrator
Action: (( X ) Ratifying ( X ) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application and Agreements with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources for the 2026 Newark Homeless Housing and Services
Purpose: Application/Acceptance of the 2026 Newark Homeless Housing Grant.
Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources
Entity Address: 101 South Broad Street, 5th Floor, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0811
Total Grant Amount: $2,400,000.00
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources
Grant Period: October 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027, until funds are fully expended
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Monitoring Dept/Agency: Not Applicable
Additional Information:
The 2026 Newark Homeless Housing Grant will provide additional shelter for Newark's chronically homeless, establish a Drop-in-Center in Newark, enhance the City’s current street outreach efforts, and assist the City’s efforts to support residents with temporary housing and supportive services.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (“City”) desires to apply for and obtain a New Jersey legislative “line item” grant from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (“Department”) for approximately Two Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,400,000.00), to carry out a “2026 Newark Homeless Housing and Services” project, to provide funds to create and provide additional shelter for Newark's chronically homeless, establish a Drop-in-Center in Newark, enhance the City’s current street outreach efforts, and assist the City’s efforts to support residents with temporary housing and supportive services; and
WHEREAS, on or about October 30, 2025, the City’s Business Administrator did cause an application for such grant funds to be submitted to the Department (a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof); and
WHEREAS, the Department has informed the City that the City’s application has been approved; and
WHEREAS, the Department requires that the City pass a Resolution authorizing the grant application before a grant agreement can be entered into which would then authorize the release of the grant funds to the City; and
WHEREAS, no municipal funds are required for the receipt or acceptance of the Grant Award.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, the Business
Administrator are hereby authorized to apply to submit application for grant funding from the Department of Community Affair in the amount of Two Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,400,000.00) to carry out a “2024 Newark Homeless Housing and Services” project, to provide funds to create and provide additional shelter for Newark's chronically homeless, establish a Drop-in-Center in Newark, enhance the City’s current street outreach efforts, and assist the City’s efforts to support residents with temporary housing and supportive services.
2. The Municipal Council hereby ratifies its authorization of this application form the date of application submission to the date of adoption of this authorizing Resolution.
3. The Municipal Council of the City of Newark recognizes and accepts that the Department may offer a lesser or greater amount and therefore, upon receipt of the grant agreement from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, does further authorize the execution of any such grant agreement upon review, approval and signature by the City’s Mayor and Acting Corporation Counsel; and also, upon receipt of the fully executed agreement from the Department, does further authorize the acceptance of the grant funds and the expenditure of the funds pursuant to the terms of the agreement between the City of Newark and the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
4. The persons whose names, titles, and signatures of the Mayor of the City and/or his designee, the Business Administrator are authorized to sign the application, and that they or their successors in said titles are authorized to sign the grant agreement and any other documents necessary in connection therewith.
5. The Business Administrator shall file fully executed copies of the grant application and grant agreement in the Office of the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution ratifies and authorizes to submit application for a grant in the amount of Two Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,400,000.00) from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs to carry out a “2026 Newark Homeless Housing and Services” project, to provide funds to create and provide additional shelter for Newark's chronically homeless, establish a Drop-in-Center in Newark, enhance the City’s current street outreach efforts, and assist the City’s efforts to support residents with temporary housing and supportive services. This Resolution, also authorizes the acceptance and execution of a grant agreement with the Department, upon receipt. No municipal funds are required for the receipt or acceptance of the grant funds.