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Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: To provide oral health care to New Jersey’s uninsured residents and to improve oral health care challenges
Entity Name: Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation, Inc.
Entity Address: 1639 Route 10 Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Funding Source: Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation, Inc.
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
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
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WHEREAS, Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation, Inc. (“Delta Dental”), through its Smiles Mini Grant, has made grant funds available to provide oral health care to New Jersey’s uninsured residents and to improve oral health care challenges found in the Community; and
WHEREAS, on or about February 14, 2025, on behalf of the City of Newark (“City”), the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness (“DHCW”) submitted a grant application, in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($10,000.00) to Delta Dental; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the grant application, on or about April 17, 2025, Delta Dental awarded the City a grant in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($10,000.00), for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 (a copy of the executed Contract is attached hereto and made a part hereof); and
WHEREAS, the Director of the DHCW desires to accept said Grant Award and execute a Grant Agreement governing the Grant Award; and
WHEREAS, the Grant Agreement was executed on or about August 5, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes that Delta Dental may extend the time period for the Grant Award and/or provide additional funds when it becomes available; and
WHEREAS, the terms of this Grant Award may only be waived or amended by parties duly authorized to execute the Grant Agreement, subject to the approval of the Municipal Council by resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, are hereby authorized to submit an application to apply for and accept the S.M.I.L.E Mini Grant award from Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation, Inc., 1639 Route 10 Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 (“Delta Dental”) requesting grant funding the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($10,000.00) application, to provide oral health care to New Jersey’s uninsured residents and to improve oral health care challenges found in the Community.
2. The Municipal Council hereby ratifies its authorization of this grant application from the date of submission to the date of adoption of this authorizing Resolution.
3. The Mayor and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, are hereby authorized to accept Grand Funding in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) from the Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation, S.M.I.L.E Mini Grant.
4. The Mayor and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, are hereby authorized to enter into and expend Grant Funding in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) from the Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation, Inc., S.M.I.L.E Mini Grant, for the period commencing on July 1, 2025 and terminating on June 30, 2026; a copy of the Agreement is attached hereto and made a part thereof.
5. The Municipal Council hereby ratifies the acceptance of this Grant Award and excecution of the Grant Agreement to the date of adoption of this authorizing Resolution.
6. No Municipal matching funds are required for the receipt or acceptance of this Grant Award.
7. The Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness shall file a copy of the Application, the Grant Award, and an executed copy of the Grant Agreement in the Office of the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution authorizes and ratifies the actions taken by the Mayor and/or his designee, the Director of Health and Community Wellness, to apply for and accept Grant Funds in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($10,000.00), from Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation, Inc., 1639 Route 10 Parsippany, New Jersey 07054, to provide oral health care to New Jersey’s uninsured residents and to improve oral health care challenges found in the Community, for the period commencing on July 1, 2025 and terminating June 30, 2026. No matching Municipal funds are required for the receipt or acceptance of these grant funds.