File #: 15-0723    Version: 1 Name: TRUANCY ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM (TAP)
Type: Resolution Status: Filed
File created: 4/2/2015 In control: Mayor's Office
On agenda: 5/20/2015 Final action: 5/20/2015
Title: Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds Purpose: Truancy Alternative Program (TAP) Entity Name: City of Newark/Municipal Court Entity Address: 31 Green Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Grant Amount: $66,480.00 Funding Source: Essex County Department of Citizen Services, Essex County Youth Services Commission, State/Community Partnership/Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant Program through a Federal Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Total Project Cost: $66,480.00 City Contribution: No Municipal Funds required Other Funding Source/Amount: N/A Contract Period: January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( X ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Infor...
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
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Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor
Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Truancy Alternative Program (TAP)
Entity Name: City of Newark/Municipal Court
Entity Address: 31 Green Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Grant Amount: $66,480.00
Funding Source: Essex County Department of Citizen Services, Essex County Youth Services Commission, State/Community Partnership/Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant Program through a Federal Juvenile Accountability Block Grant
Total Project Cost: $66,480.00
City Contribution: No Municipal Funds required
Other Funding Source/Amount: N/A
Contract Period: January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015
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 Essex County Department of Citizen Services, New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission, receives funds through a Federal Juvenile Accountability Block Grant and has made that funding available through its State/Community Partnership/Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant Program, to provide an array of services to assist the needs and rehabilitate detained youths from their involvement in criminal activities and from a life of crime; and

WHEREAS, the City of Newark is in need of funding for its Truancy Alternative Program (TAP) which is an ongoing collaborative project administered by the Newark Municipal Court for families subject to N.J.S.A. 18A:38-25 and N.J.S.A. 18A:38-31, that provides family strengthening social services that empowers the parent/guardian's parenting skills and motivates at-risk youth to curb truant behavior; and

WHEREAS, on behalf of its own application to the Sta...

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