Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Budget Insertion
Purpose: Provide medical care, social services, substance and mental health counseling to the homeless population within the City of Newark (All-wards).
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
Appropriation Amount: $335,000.00
Budget Year: 2012
Contract Period: November 1, 2011 - October 31, 2012
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X ) n/a
Additional Information:
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R2- a 060712 and 7R1-o090612
Operating Agency: Department of Child and Family Well-Being
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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WHEREAS, N.J.S.A 40A: 4-87 provides that the Director of Local Government Services may approve the insertion of any Special Item of Revenue in the budget of any local unit when such item shall have been made available by law and the amount thereof shall not have been determined at the time of the adoption of the budget, and may approve the insertion of an appropriation item of equal amount for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of the law making such item of revenue available for expenditure; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration has made available $335,000.00 bringing total program resources to $1,976,073.00 for the Homeless Health Care Program; and
WHEREAS, by authorizing Resolutions 7R2-a dated June 7, 2012 and 7R1-0 dated September 6, 2012, the City of Newark applied and accepted the Homeless HRSA Grant in the amounts of $704,177.00 and $936,896.00 to provide medical care, social services, substance and mental health counseling to the homeless population within the City of Newark.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY:
1. That in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A 40A: 4-87, the City of Newark, New Jersey hereby requests the Director of Local Government Services to approve a budget insertion in the amount of $335,000.00 and an appropriation of an equal amount for the Homeless Health Care Program in the budget year 2012 as set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
2. That the aforesaid insertion is, in the opinion of the Governing Body, warranted and authorized by N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-87 and is necessary for the orderly operation of the municipality.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This resolution establishes the revenue and appropriation for the 2012 Municipal Budget in the amount of $335,000.00 for the Homeless Health Care Program. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration are providing these funds. The project period is November 1, 2011 through October 31, 2012 (All Wards).
SCHEDULE A
ANTICIPATED ITEM OF REVENUE SPECIAL ITEM OF APPROPRIATION
U.S. Dept. of Health and Unclassified Purposes
Human Services/Health Resources Special Item of Appropriation
and Services Administration
Homeless Health Care Program Homeless Health Care Project
(All Wards) (All Wards)
$335,000.00 $335,000.00
1. The Project Director is L'Tanya Williamson, Director, Child and Family Well-
Being.
2. The Fiscal Officer will be Susan Jacobucci, Director of Finance.
3. The operating agency is the Department of Child and Family Well-Being.
4. The type of funding is reimbursement payments upon submission of monthly
expenditure reports.
5. The program period is from November 1, 2011 through October 31, 2012.
6. A copy of this resolution shall be immediately filed with the Director of Local
Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.