Title
Dept/ Agency: One Stop Career Center-NewarkWORKS
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Service Contract
Purpose: R U Ready Training
Entity Name: Rutgers R U Ready Youth Employment Readiness
Entity Address: 158 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Contract Amount: $128,000.00
Funding Source: United States Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration /State of New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Contract Period: July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Service ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
To be fully obligated by June 30, 2016 and expended by June 30, 2017
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WHEREAS, on August 5, 2015 through Resolution 7R3-c , the Municipal Council authorized the Mayor and or the Deputy Mayor of Workforce Development and or the Director of NewarkWORKS to accept the following Youth ($1,834,102.00), Adult and Dislocated Worker ($2,637,887.00) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) grant funds (formerly Workforce Investment Act), that was signed into law on July 1, 2014 for Program Year 2015 (July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016 ) for a combined funding total of $4,471,989.00; and WorkFirst New Jersey (WFNJ) grant allocation of $765,005.00 for TANF and $580,157.00 for GA/SNAP, for a combined total of $1,345,162.00; and
WHEREAS, there exists a need for NewarkWORKS to enter into a contract with an entity that can provide educational services to forty (40) youth clients in the area of '' Work Readiness " training pursuant to the provisions of the WIOA for the 2015-2016 Program Year, July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016; and
WHEREAS, on July 6, 2015 NewarkWORKS advertised a Request for Proposal, retur...
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