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Dept/Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: To address a variety of high-priority environmental health and safety hazards.
Entity Name: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Entity Address: 451 7th Street S.W., Room 236, Washington, DC 20410
Grant Amount: $2,000,000.00
Funding Source: Healthy Homes Production Grant Program
Total Project Cost: $2,354,491.00
City Contribution: In-kind Match $354,491.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: May 15, 2023 through November 15, 2026
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark's Department of Health and Community Wellness identifies and remediates housing-related health and safety hazards in privately owned, low-income rental or owner-occupied housing containing families with children, adults aged sixty-two (62) years and older, or families with persons with disabilities; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has made grant funds available for the provision of such services through the Healthy Homes Production Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, on October 17, 2022, on behalf of the City of Newark, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, submitted an application to (HUD) 451 7th Street S.W., Room 236, Washington, DC 20410, requesting grant funding in the amount of Two Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,000,000.00), for the Healthy Homes Production Grant Program, to provide childhood disease- and injury-prevention services in homes by focusing on housing-related hazards in a coordinated fashion, rathe...
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