Title
Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Acceptance of Grant Funds/Authorization of Memorandums of Understanding with Co-Applicants/Sub-Recipients of the Grant Funds for the Community Crisis Response Partnership Project.
Entity Name(s)/Address(es):
1. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fisher Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; and
2. Bridges Outreach, Inc., 35 Halsey Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102.
Grant Amount: $724,087.00
Contract Amount: $50,000.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Grant/Contract Period: September 30, 2024 through September 29, 2025
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant (X) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
The proposed Project is a collaboration between Newark's government and law enforcement agencies, as well as community-based organizations, aimed to improve the City's crisis response system by enhancing existing co-responder teams to effectively provide trauma-informed comprehensive community-based behavioral health crisis services to individuals experiencing mental health emergencies, including those who are homeless.
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WHEREAS, on July 25, 2022, the Mayor's Office of Homeless Services, on behalf of the City of Newark ("City") and in collaboration with Bridges Outreach Inc., and the Mental Health Association, applied for a grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services in the amount of Two Million Nine Hundred Three Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Three Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,903,653.00) over a four (4) year project period from September 30, 2023 to September 29, 2027 to c...
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