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Dept/ Agency: Economic & Housing Development
Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Exception to Public Bidding - [pursuant the Competitive Contracting provisions of the State Local Public Contracts Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-4.1(b)(2))]
Purpose: To provide case management and job placement services to 25 young adults for the Newark Crime Prevention and Recidivism Reduction Initiative
Entity Name: Renaissance Community Development Corporation Center
Entity Address: 441 Orange Street, Newark, New Jersey, 07107
Contract Amount: $92,537.00
Funding Source: : United States Department of Justice through its Second Chance Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Demonstration Program
Contract Period: April 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( X ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( X ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Funds accepted by and application ratified by Resolution No. 7R3-a 030211
Extend grant expiration date to September 30, 2012 by Resolution No. 7R1-a 110711
Extend grant expiration date to December 31, 2012 by Resolution No. 7R3-d 060712
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WHEREAS, the United States Department of Justice (“USDOJ”) has made funds available through its Second Chance Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Demonstration Program (“Second Chance Reentry Project”), which encouraged cities to develop community-based strategies to reduce crime, violence, and recidivism by fifty percent within a five-year period; and
WHEREAS, through Resolution 7R3-a, adopted March 2, 2011, the City of Newark Municipal Council ratified and authorized the Office of Reentry of the Department of Economic and Housing Development (“DEHD”) in conjunction with the Office of the Business Administrator, to prepare a proposal and application to the USDOJ for grant funding in the amount of $...
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