Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Budget Insertion
Purpose: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and General Assistance/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (GA/SNAP): to provide assistance in job placement for participants and disbursement of Workforce Investment Funds (City-wide).
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and Economic Opportunity
Appropriation Amount: $628,315.00
Budget Year: 2022
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 accepted by Resolution 7R1-e adopted on September 8, 2022.
Operating Agency: Office of the Mayor and Agencies, Mayor’s Office of Employment and Training
The breakdown of the award is as follows:
1. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) $ 305,135.00
2. General Assistance/Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (GA/SNAP) $ 323,135.00
Total $ 628,315.00
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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BI # 1
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87 provides that the Director of the Division Local Government Services may approve the insertion of any Special Item of Revenue in the budget of any local unit when such item shall have been made available by law and the amount thereof shall not have been determined at the time of the adoption of the budget, and may approve the insertion of an appropriation item of equal amount for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of the law making such item of revenue available for expenditure; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R1-e adopted on September 8, 2022, the City of Newark has accepted TANF, GA/SNAP in the amount of $628,315.00 from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and Economic Opportunity to provide assistance in job placement for participants and disbursement of Workforce Investment Funds; and
WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and Economic Opportunity has made available $628,315.00 for the TANF, GA/SNAP Grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87, the City of Newark hereby requests the Director of the Division of Local Government Services to approve a budget insertion in the amount of $628,315.00 and an appropriation of an equal amount for the budget year 2022 as set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
2. The aforesaid insertion is, in the opinion of the Governing Body, warranted and authorized by N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87 and are necessary for the orderly operation of the municipality.
3. A copy of this Resolution shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the Acting City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution establishes an appropriation and revenue in the 2022 City of Newark's Budget for the TANF, GA/SNAP Grant in the amount of $628,315.00 from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and Economic Opportunity. The project period is July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. (City-wide).