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Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To Provide Medical Care, Supportive Services, and Education on Sickle Cell to the City of Newark and Surrounding Areas
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Community Health Services
Appropriation Amount: $739,005.00
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: September 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) N/A
Additional Information:
Funds accepted by Apply and Accept Resolution 7R5 d- adopted
October 21, 2026
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE # 72
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Seven Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($739,005.00), for the Sickle Cell Disease Pilot Program, and no adequate provision has been made in the 2026 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose, and N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the purpose above-mentioned; and
WHEREAS, by the Notice of Award letter dated September 28, 2026, the New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Community Health Services awarded the City of Newark funding in the amount of Seven Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($739,005.00). The aforementioned funding will support the provision of medical care, supportive services, and education on Sickle Cell to the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-20 provides that the Governing Body, by a two-thirds vote, may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be ...
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