Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of the Business Administrator
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application and Agreements
Purpose: Application/Acceptance of the 2025 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, 2026, 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 $2,000,000.00 to carry out an “Anti-Violence Out-of-School 2025” 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 January 31, 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 the application for 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).
2. The actions taken by the 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 Department, does further authorize the execution of any such grant agreement upon review, approval and signature by the Mayor of the City of Newark and Corporation Counsel; 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 agreement between the City of Newark and the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
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 Mayor of the City of Newark shall file fully executed copies of the grant application and grant agreement in the Office of the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution authorizes and ratifies the application for, and acceptance of $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 2025” 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. No municipal funds are required for the receipt or acceptance of the grant funds.