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Dept. / Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: To accept a grant award for Childhood Lead Exposure Prevention (CLEP) Program.
Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Health
Entity Address: 369 S. Warren Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08608
Grant Amount: $1,400,000.00
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Health
Total Project Cost: $1,400,000.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022
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, the City of Newark's Department of Health and Community Wellness provides childhood lead exposure prevention services for children six (6) months through children younger than seventeen (17) years of age under the Childhood Lead Exposure Prevention (CLEP) program; and
WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Health, has made grant funds available for the provision of such services through the Childhood Lead Exposure Prevention (CLEP) program; and
WHEREAS, on April 19, 2021, on behalf of the City of Newark, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, submitted an application to the New Jersey Department of Health, 369 S. Warren Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08608, requesting grant funding in the amount of One Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,400,000.00), for the Childhood Lead Exposure Prevention Program, to provide lead exposure prevention, community outreach, case management, environmental interventions, and lead abatement services for children with EBLs of 5 and above; and
WHEREAS, as a res...
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