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Dept/ Agency: One Stop Career Center-NewarkWORKS
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Contract with Sub-recipient
Purpose: To provide a screening tool to identify the highest risk offenders who are released to Newark and to evaluate the NRI program
Entity Name: Rutgers University Newark
Entity Address: 249 University Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Contract Amount: $361,195.00
Funding Source: Sub-recipient of grant from the United States Department of Justice awarded to the City of Newark
Contract Period: October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2019
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant (X) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Funds accepted by Resolution: 7R2-f adopted on January 24, 2018
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") seeks to offer reentry services to men of color ages 18-30 who are at the highest risk of re-offending; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, solicited proposals for the FY 16 Smart Reentry: Focus on Evidence-based Strategies for Successful Reentry from Incarceration to Community ("Newark Reentry Initiative"), which encourages cities to create innovative reentry models which identifies and provides services to individuals returning to the community from incarceration who are at the highest risk of offending; and
WHEREAS, on June 8, 2016, on behalf of the City of Newark, under the Mayor's Office with Rutgers University - Newark, School of Criminal Justice as the City's educational partner, submitted an application to the United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, requesting funding in the amount of $1,000,000.00 f...
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