Title
Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Upgrade of City's Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capabilities
Entity Name: Department of Health and Community Wellness
Entity Address: 110 William Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Grant Amount: $237,034.00
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Health
Total Project Cost: $237,034.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017
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 New Jersey Department of Health made available certain grant funds through its "PHILEP (LINCS Agencies) 2017" program ("PHILEP" being an acronym for "Public Health Infrastructure, Laboratories and Emergency Preparedness," and "LINCS" being an acronym for "Local Information Network and Communications Systems"); and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark's Department of Health and Community Wellness determined that the above-described available grant funds could be used by the City to upgrade the City's local public health systems relative to preparedness for, and responses to, terrorism and other public health threats and emergencies; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to further safeguard City residents from hazardous emergencies by the further improvement of the City's local core capacity relative to public health emergency preparedness; and
WHEREAS, on or about April 21, 2016, on behalf of the City of Newark, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness submitted an application to the New Jersey Departme...
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