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Dept/ Agency: Economic & Housing Development
Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X ) Amending
Type of Service: Amend EUS Contract
Purpose: Amending Resolution 7R3-l 090612, contract for prisoner reentry services, by extending the contract termination period from December 31, 2012 to December 31, 2013 and adding three (3) additional provisions to the scope of services.
Entity Name: Offender Aid and Restoration of Essex County, Inc.
Entity Address: 303 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Contract Amount: $148,060.00
Funding Source: United States Department of Justice
Contract Period: April 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 extended through December 31, 2013
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:
Apply for grant funds and funds accepted by Resolution 7R3-a 030211
Extend grant period to September 30, 2012 by Resolution 7R1-a 110711
Extend grant period to December 31, 2012 by Resolution 7R3-d 060712
Contract authorized by Resolution 7R3-l 090612
No additional City funds required by this amendment
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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 Projects”), which encouraged cities to develop community-based strategies to reduce crime, violence, and recidivism by fifty percent within a five-year period; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Reentry of the Department of Economic and Housing Development (“DEHD”) in conjunction with the Office of the Business Administrator, authorized by Resolution 7R3-a, adopted March 2, 2011, prepared a proposal and application to USDOJ for the Newark Crime Prevention and Recidivism Reduction Initiative (“NCPRRI”); and
WHEREAS, the USDOJ awarded the Cit...
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