Title
Dept/ Agency:  Health and Community Wellness
Action:  (X) Ratifying     (X) Authorizing     (   ) Amending
Type of Service: Contract with Grant Sub-recipient
Purpose:  Emergency Shelter Services in the City of Newark
Entity Name:  Covenant House of New Jersey
Entity Address:  330 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Grant Amount:  $5,000.00
Funding Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Contract Period:  January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017 
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-a adopted on February 1, 2017.     
Budget Insertion by Resolution 7R1-a adopted on March 15, 2017.
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 	WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 7R1-A, adopted February 1,  2017, the Mayor and/or his designee, the Business Administrator, were authorized to file FY2016 (Program Year 2016-2017) One-Year Action Plan with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which contained requests for funds from four grant programs: Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), $6,402,859.00, HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), $1,467,895.00, Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS (HOPWA), $5,807,583.00 (on behalf of Newark and the "Eligible Metropolitan Area") and Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG), $586,879.00, 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(2) (being the operation, management or administration of a social service 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 ...
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