Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Acceptance of the Cooperative Agreements for Innovative Community Crisis Response Partnerships Grant
Funding Source: United States Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Appropriation Amount: $727,087.00
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: September 30, 2026, through September 29, 2027
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 Apply and Accept Resolution submitted under separate cover as File ID #26-1334
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE # 68
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Seven Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Eighty-Seven Dollars and Zero Cents ($727,087.00) for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Program, and no adequate provision has been made in the 2026 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose, and N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the purpose above-mentioned; and
WHEREAS, by the Notice letter dated July 31, 2026, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), awarded the City of Newark funds in the amount of Seven Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Eighty-Seven Dollars and Zero Cents ($727,087.00) for the aforementioned program which will provide funding to carry out the City of Newark’s Community Crisis Response Partnership Project and supportive services to the residents of the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 provides that the Governing Body, by a two-thirds vote, may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year; and
WHEREAS, emergency appropriation adopted in 2026, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 including this Resolution total………………$ 606,995,228.36
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Governing Body by a two-thirds vote of its full membership hereby amends its temporary budget by making the following temporary emergency appropriation:
2. A temporary emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification.
Program Amount
SAMHSA Program $727,087.00
3. The temporary emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2026 budget.
4. A copy of this Resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Program for FY 2026, in the amount of Seven Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Eighty-Seven Dollars and Zero Cents ($727,087.00). The United States Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded the funds. The project period is September 30, 2026 through September 29, 2027.