Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and General Assistance/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (GA/SNAP): to provide assistance in job placement for participants and disbursement of Workforce Investment Funds (Citywide).
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and Economic Opportunity
Appropriation Amount: $628,315.00
Budget Year: 2021
Contract Period:
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:
1. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) $ 305,135.00
2. General Assistance/Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (GA/SNAP) $ 323,180.00
Total $ 628,315.00
Funds accepted by Legistar File ID #21-0789 to be submitted under separate cover by the Mayor’s Office/One Stop Career Center/Newark Works
Operating Agency: Office of the Mayor and Agencies, Mayor’s Office of Employment and Training
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
body
TE # 31
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $628,315.00 for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and General Assistance/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (GA/SNAP) and no provision has been made in the 2021 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 3, 2021 from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the City of Newark has been awarded $628,315.00 to provide assistance in job placement for participants and disbursement of funds for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and General Assistance/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (GA/SNAP) through the Workforce Investment Fund; and
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 2021 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total…………………$342,372,683.36.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Governing Body by 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
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) $305,135.00
General Assistance/Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (GA/SNAP) $323,180.00
Total $628,315.00
3. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2021 budget.
4. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This resolution establishes the revenue and temporary emergency appropriation for the 2021 City of Newark’s Budget for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and General Assistance/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (GA/SNAP) in the amount of $628,315.00. The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development are awarding the funds. The project period is July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 (Citywide).