Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of the Business Administrator
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application and Agreements
Purpose: Application/Acceptance of the 2026 Anti-Violence Out-of-School Grant with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources.
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: $2,000,000.00
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:
This Grant will provide funding for the Newark Youth Academy targeting One Hundred and Five (105) out-of-school juveniles, who have not succeeded in a traditional academic environment.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to apply for and obtain a New Jersey legislative “line item” grant from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (the “Department”) for approximately Two Million Dollars and Zero Cents $2,000,000.00 to carry out an “Anti-Violence Out-of-School 2026” project, to provide funds for the Newark Youth Street Academy which will target 105 out-of-school youth who have not succeeded in a traditional academic environment; 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 Municipal Council does hereby authorize an application for the 2026 Anti-Violence Out-of-School Grant from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
2. The actions taken by the City of Newark (“City”) to apply for the grant are hereby ratified from the date the application was submitted until the date of this authorizing Resolution.
3. The Municipal Council 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 Mayor of the City of Newark and/ or his designee, the Business Administrator; 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 grant agreement.
4. The persons whose names and titles appear below are authorized to sign the application, and that they or their successors in said titles are authorized to sign the Agreement, and any other documents necessary in connection therewith:
Ras J. Baraka Eric Pennington, Esq.
Mayor Business Administrator
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 the Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, and the Business Administrator, to apply and submit a grant application and to accept a grant in the amount of Two Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,000,000.00) in New Jersey legislative “line item” grant funds from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs to carry out an “Anti-Violence Out-of-School 2026” project to provide funds for the Newark Youth Street Academy, which will target One Hundred and Five (105) out-of-school youth, who have not succeeded in a traditional academic environment; further authorizing the execution of the grant agreement by the Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee and the Business Administrator. No municipal funds are required for the receipt or acceptance of the grant funds.