Title
Dept/ Agency:  Economic & Housing Development
Action:  (X) Ratifying     (X) Authorizing     (   ) Amending
Type of Service: Contract with Sub-recipient
Purpose: Physical Rehabilitation to its facility located at 390Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07104
Entity Name:  ASPIRA, Inc., of New Jersey
Entity Address:  390 Broad Street, Newark, NJ  07102
Grant Amount: $154,000.00
Funding Source: United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Gant (CDBG) Program
Contract Period:  January 1, 2013 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    
List of Property: (If applicable)
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 
 386-390 Broad Street/ Block 29/Lot 8/ Central Ward 
Additional Information:  
Funds applied for and accepted by Resolution 7R1-J 091813
Funds appropriated by Resolution 7R1-B 111813
2012 latest financial audit attached to file, 2013 audit to be completed in July 31, 2014        
No Action Taken, June 18, 2014                    
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	WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 7R1-J, adopted September 18, 2013, the Mayor and/or his designee, the Business Administrator, were authorized to file FY2013 (Program Year 2013-2014) 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), $6,752,671.00; HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), $1,799,805.00; Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS (HOPWA), $6,419,016.00 (on behalf of Newark and the "Eligible Metropolitan Area"); and Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG), $483,211.00, 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      
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