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Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Contract with Sub-recipient
Purpose: To provide housing assistance and supportive services to persons with HIV/AIDS within the Newark Eligible Metropolitan Statistical Area (NEMSA)
Entity Name: Homefirst Interfaith Housing and Family Services, Inc.
Entity Address: 1009 Park Avenue, Plainfield, New Jersey 07060
Grant Amount: $300,044.00
Funding Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)/Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)
Contract Period: January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions (X) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant (X) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R1-a adopted on February 1, 2017.
Budget Insertion by Resolution 7R1-a adopted on December 21, 2016.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to continue to act as the Grantee/Sub-Grantor for disbursement of funds made available by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program, to provide housing assistance and supportive services for persons living with HIV/AIDS through sub-recipient contracts within the Newark Eligible Metropolitan Statistical Area (NEMSA), which consists of Essex, Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, and Union Counties in New Jersey and Pike County, Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 7R1- Adopted, February 1, 2017, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark authorized the Mayor and/or his designee, the Business Administrator, to enter into an agreement to receive and expend grant funds in the amount of $5,807,583.00 from HUD's HOPWA Program; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the competit...
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