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Dept/ Agency: One Stop Career Center-NewarkWORKS
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Workforce Portfolio and Contract Management
Entity Address: P.O. Box 055, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0055
Grant Amount: $325,000.00
Total Project Cost: $0.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Grant Period: March 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019
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 was selected by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development's (NJDOL) Office of Youth Programs to participate in the Summer Youth Employment Pilot Program (SYEPP) during the summer of Fiscal Year 2019 to provide teens and young adults in high-unemployment areas with paid summer internships; and
WHEREAS, SYEPP seeks to mitigate youth poverty, unemployment, and crime rates by providing in-school and out-of-school youth, ages 16 to 24, with summer employment meant to encourage a successful transition to the workforce; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark offers such services through the Newark Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) which provides the City's youth with work experience, teaches valuable employment skills, financial literacy and employment during the summer months; and
WHEREAS, NJDOL has made funding available for the provision of such services through the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA); and
WHEREAS, on August 8, 2018 the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R2-i(AS) which ratified and authorized the Mayor and/or his designees, th...
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