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Dept/Agency: Administration 
Action:  (X) Ratifying     (X) Authorizing     (   ) Amending
Type of Service: Contract with Sub-recipient
Purpose: Provide CDBG Childcare Services
Entity Name:  The North Ward Center, Inc.
Entity Address: 346 Mt. Prospect Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07104
Grant Amount: $12,500.00
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)/ Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) Funds
Contract Period:  January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015
Contract Basis: (   ) Bid   (   ) State Vendor   (   ) Prof.  Ser.   (   ) EUS   
(X) Fair & Open   (   ) No Reportable Contributions   (X) RFP   (   ) RFQ 
(   ) Private Sale   (X) Grant   (X) Sub-recipient   (   ) n/a    
Additional Information:  
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R1-K adopted January 7, 2015.         
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       WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 7R1-K, adopted January 7, 2015, the Mayor and/or his designee, the Business Administrator, were authorized to file FY2015 (Program Year 2014-2015) One-Year Action Plan with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which contained requests for funds from four grant programs:  Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), $6,569,453.00; HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), $1,466,755.00; Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS (HOPWA), $6,473,182.00 (on behalf of Newark and the "Eligible Metropolitan Area"); and Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG), $548,578.00, and were further authorized to accept these grant funds and enter into a grant agreement with HUD for these funds, with no municipal funds required; and      
      WHEREAS, pursuant to the competitive contracting process of the State Local Public Contracts Law, as authorized by N.J.S.A. 40A:11-4.1b(1) (being the operation, management or administration of a social services program), and pursuant also to the fair and open process of State Pay-to-Play Law N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5, the City of Newark publicly advertised a Request for Pro...
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