Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Budget Insertion
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 and Economic Opportunity
Appropriation Amount: $5,019,995.00
Budget Year: 2023
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 Resolution 7R2-j adopted on September 7, 2023
Operating Agency: Office of the Mayor and Agencies, Mayor’s Office of Employment and Training
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87 provides that the Director of the Division of Local Government Services may approve the insertion of any Special Item of Revenue in the budget of any local unit when such item shall have been made available by law and the amount thereof shall not have been determined at the time of the adoption of the budget, and may approve the insertion of an appropriation item of equal amount for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of the law making such item of revenue available for expenditure; and
WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and Economic Opportunity has made available Five Million Nineteen Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($5,019,995.00), for the Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult, Youth and Dislocated Worker's Program (Citywide) The breakdown of the award is as follows:
Program Amount
1. WIOA Adult $ 2,080,419.00
2. WIOA Youth $ 2,211,321.00
3. WIOA Dislocated Worker $ 728,255.00
Total $ 5,019,995.00; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R2-j dated September 7, 2023, the City of Newark has accepted WIOA Adult, Youth and Dislocated Worker's Program in the amount of $5,019,995.00 from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and Economic Opportunity to provide assistance in job placement for participants and disbursement of Workforce Investment Funds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. That in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87, the City of Newark hereby requests the Director of the Division of Local Government Services to approve a budget insertion in the amount of $5,019,995.00 and an appropriation of an equal amount for the budget year 2023 as set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
2. That the aforesaid insertion is, in the opinion of the Governing Body, warranted and authorized by N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87 and is necessary for the orderly operation of the municipality.
3. A copy of this Resolution shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This Resolution is establishing an appropriation and revenue in the 2023 Municipal Budget for the Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult, Youth and Dislocated Worker's Program in the amount of $5,019,995.00 from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and Economic Opportunity. The project period is July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. (All Wards).