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Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor
Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Truancy Alternative Program (TAP)
Entity Name: City of Newark/Municipal Court
Entity Address: 31 Green Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Grant Amount: $66,480.00
Funding Source: Essex County Department of Citizen Services, Youth Services Commission, State/Community Partnership/Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant Program through a Federal Juvenile Accountability Block Grant
Total Project Cost: $66,480.00
City Contribution: No Municipal Funds required
Other Funding Source/Amount: N/A
Contract Period: January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( X ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
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WHEREAS, the Essex County Department of Citizen Services, New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission receives funds though a Federal Juvenile Accountability Block Grant and has made that funding available through its State/Community Partnership/Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant Program, to provide an array of services to assist the needs and rehabilitate detained youths from their involvement in criminal activities and from a life of crime; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark is in need of funding for its Truancy Alternative Program (TAP) which is an ongoing collaborative project administered by the Newark Municipal Court for families subject to N.J.S.A. 18A:38-25 and N.J.S.A. 18A:38-31, that provides family strengthening social services that empowers the parent/guardian's parenting skills and motivates at-risk youth to curb truant behavior; and
WHEREAS, on behalf of its own application to the State of New Jersey ...
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