Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: CDBG Budget Appropriation
Purpose: To appropriate the Fifty-First (51st) Year Community Development Block Grant (CDBG LI) funds to sub-grantees.
Entity Name: City of Newark
Entity Address: 920 Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson Boulevard
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Total Grant Amount: $6,743,865.00
Grant Period: September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026
Funding Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
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:
Application and Acceptance by Resolution 7R1-n adopted on November 6, 2025.
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WHEREAS, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has approved a total allocation of $15,840,738.98 to the City of Newark by approval notice dated September 23, 2025 the Municipal Council authorized the Mayor and/or Business Administrator to file a new Consolidated Plan with HUD, which contained a request for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in the amount $6,743,865.00, HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) funds in the amount $2,728,622.98, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) in the amount of $5,761,548.00 (on behalf of Newark and the "Eligible Metropolitan Area"), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds in the amount of $606,703.00, in compliance with federal statutes and regulations governing the four (4) grant programs; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council further authorized the Mayor and/or the Business Administrator to enter into four (4) separate grant agreements with HUD to receive and expend FY 2025 CDBG funds in the amount of $6,743,865.00, HO...
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