Title
Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application and Acceptance of Grant Funds to Create a Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) for the Provision of Services that Prevent Injuries and Violence
Purpose: For the City of Newark to Apply and Accept the Federal 2018 Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Challenge Award
Entity Name: National Association of County and City Health Officials
Entity Address: 1201 Eye Street NW, Fourth Floor, Washington, DC 20005
Grant Amount: $7,500.00
Funding Source: Federal Department of Health and Human Services/Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response
Total Project Cost: $0.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: February 12, 2018 through August 31, 2018
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a national system of volunteers who are locally organized to improve community health and safety; and
WHEREAS, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (hereinafter, “NACCHO”) received a grant from the Federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response to build the capacity of local MRC units (a copy of the Grant Agreement attached and made a part hereof); and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark’s (hereinafter, “City”) Department of Health and Community Wellness (hereinafter, “DHCW”) desires to create an MRC unit whose main goal is to support the City’s “Occupy the Block” initiative that, since the year 2015, has been engaging the City community in open dialogue about violence and raising community awareness about services that provide healing from violence-induced trauma; and
WHEREAS, on or about December 11, 2017, the Director of DHCW submitted, on behalf of the City of Newark, a grant application for the NACCHO’s 2018 Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Challenge Award to create and maintain an MRC unit in the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, on or about February 8, 2018, NACCHO notified DHCW that its application for a 2018 MRC Challenge Award was approved for Tier 2 funding at Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($7,500.00); and
WHEREAS, on February 22, 2018, the Director of DHCW executed on the City’s behalf an agreement (hereinafter, “Agreement”) with NACCHO for receipt of the 2018 MRC Challenge Award; the term of the Agreement commences on February 12, 2018 and terminates on August 31, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the Director of DHCW recommends that the Municipal Council authorize the City to accept the NACCHO MRC Challenge Award in the amount of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($7,500.00) to create an MRC unit whose main goal is to support the City’s “Occupy the Block” initiative.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, are hereby authorized to submit an application to the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), whose principal place of business is located at 1201 Eye Street NW, Fourth Floor, Washington, DC, 20005, for the 2018 Medical Reserve Corps Challenge Award in order to create an MRC unit whose main goal is to support the City’s “Occupy the Block” initiative (a copy of the Grant Application is attached hereto and made a part hereof).
2. The Municipal Council hereby ratifies its authorization of this grant application from the date of the application’s submission to the date of the adoption of this authorizing resolution.
3. The Mayor and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, are hereby authorized on behalf of the City of Newark to enter into and execute a Grant Agreement with NACCHO in consideration for the 2018 Medical Reserve Corps Challenge Award, for the period commencing on February 12, 2018 and terminating on August 31, 2018 (a copy of the Grant Agreement is attached hereto and made a part hereof).
4. The Mayor and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, are hereby authorized to accept from NACCHO the 2018 Medical Reserve Corps Challenge Award, in the amount of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($7,500.00). The acceptance of this grant award does not require the expenditure of any municipal funds (a copy of the Notice of the Award is attached hereto and made a part hereof).
5. The Municipal Council hereby ratifies the acceptance of these grant funds from February 12, 2018 to the date of adoption of this authorizing resolution.
6. The Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness shall file with the Office of the City Clerk a fully executed copy of the Grant Agreement with NACCHO.
STATEMENT
This resolution ratifies and authorizes the actions taken by the Mayor and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, to submit a grant application to the National Association of County and City Health Officials (“NACCHO”), whose principal place of business is located at 1201 Eye Street NW, Fourth Floor, Washington, DC, 20005, for the 2018 Medical Reserve Corps Challenge Award (“MRC”), in the amount of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($7,500.00) to create an MRC unit whose main goal is to support the City’s “Occupy the Block” initiative. Moreover, this resolution ratifies and authorizes the Mayor and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness to accept the NACCHO MRC Challenge Award in the amount of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($7,500.00) grant funds and to enter into and execute a Grant Agreement with NACCHO, for the period commencing on February 12, 2018 and terminating on August 31, 2018. The acceptance of this grant award does not require the expenditure of any municipal funds.