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Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of the Business Administrator
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Amending Resolution #7R1-a110711 , accepting grant
Purpose: To extend the grant expiration date from September 31, 2012 to December 31, 2012 for the Second Chance Reentry Project
Entity Name: City of Newark
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Grant Amount: $750,000.00
Funding Source: United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
Total Project Cost: $1,500,000.00
City Contribution: $24,647.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: Philanthropic Agencies $725,353.00
Contract Period: October 1, 2010 through December 31, 2012
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( X ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
List of Property: n/a
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
Additional Information:
Resolution #7R3--a030211 - apply/accept funds
Resolution #7R1-a110711 - extend original grant expiration date from September 30, 2011 through September 30, 2012
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark seeks to reduce violence and recidivism; and
WHEREAS, community-based case management, mentoring, transitional employment, and job placement are proven methods of reducing the devastating cycles of crime, violence, and recidivism; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Justice (“USDOJ”) solicited proposals for the Second Chance Adult and Juvenile Offender Re-entry Demonstration Projects (“Second Chance Reentry Project”), which encourage cities to develop community-based strategies to reduce crime, violence, and recidivism by fifty (50%) percent within a five (5) year period; and
WHEREAS, in March 2010, on behalf of the City of Newark, the Office of Reentry of the Department of Economic and Housing...
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