Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult, Youth and Dislocated Worker's Program: to provide assistance in job placement and train Adults, Dislocated Workers and Youth Clients through the Workforce Investment Funds (Citywide).
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Appropriation Amount: $7,645,416.00
Budget Year: 2025
Contract Period: July 1, 2025 through June 30, 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:
The breakdown of the award is as follows:
Program Amount
1. WIOA Adult $ 3,175,466.00
2. WIOA Youth $ 3,193,789.00
3. WIOA Dislocated Worker $ 1,276,161.00
Total $ 7,645,416.00
Funds accepted by Resolution the authorizing resolution to accept funds (Legistar File ID #25-0935) will be submitted under separate cover by Mayor’s Office of Employment and Training.
Operating Agency: Office of the Mayor and Agencies, One Stop Career Center-Newark Works (MOET)
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE - #49
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $7,645,416.00 for the Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult, Youth and Dislocated Worker Program and no provision has been made in the 2025 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 award letters, dated June 23, 2025 from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the City of Newark has been awarded $7,645,416.00 to provide assistance in job placement and to train Adults, Dislocated Workers and Youth Clients through the Workforce Investment Fund (Citywide).
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 provides that the Governing Body by a two-thirds vote may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year; and
WHEREAS, emergency appropriation adopted in 2025 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total…………………$ 498,871,226.28.
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. 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
WIOA Adult $ 3,175,466.00
WIOA Youth $ 3,193,789.00
WIOA Dislocated Worker $ 1,276,161.00
Total $ 7,645,416.00
3. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2025 budget.
4. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This Legislation establishes the Appropriation and Revenue in the 2025 City of Newark’s Budget for the Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult, Youth and Dislocated Worker's Program in the amount of $7,645,416.00 . The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development are awarding the funds. The project period is July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 (Citywide).