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Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor and Agencies/ Municipal Court
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: County of Essex, Department of Citizen Services, Essex County Youth Services Commission, State/Community Partnership Program/ Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant Program
Total Project Cost: $66,480.00
City Contribution: No Municipal Funds required
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: January 1, 2017 through December 31, 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 County of Essex, Department of Citizen Services, New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission, receives funds through 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 and in part on behalf of the City of Newark, and the County of Essex, Department of Citizen Services, Essex County Youth Services Commission, requested grant funding from the State/Community Partnership/Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant Program, for the Truancy Alternative Program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark has been awarded a grant in the amount of $66,480.00 from the County of Essex, Department of Citizen Services, Essex County Youth Services Commission, to continue to provide services through the Truancy Alternative Program, for the period commencing on January 1, 2017 and terminating on December 31, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark, must execute a grant agreement with the Essex County Department of Citizen Services, Essex County Youth Services Commission, in order to obtain the grant award, with no City funds required.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor and/or his designee, the Chief Judge of the Newark Municipal Court, are hereby authorized to submit program information to the County of Essex, Department of Citizen Services, Essex County Youth Services Commission, (the County) so that the County may request grant funding from the State/Community Partnership/Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant Program for the renewal of the Truancy Alternative Program, with no City funds required (a copy of the relevant part of the County's Program Profile is attached hereto and made a part hereof).
2. The Municipal Council hereby ratifies its authorization of this Program Profile from the date of application submission to the date of adoption of this authorizing resolution.
3. The grant award in the amount of $66,480.00 from the County of Essex, Department of Citizen Services, Essex County Youth Services Commission is hereby accepted.
4. The Mayor and/or his designee, the Chief Judge of the Newark Municipal Court, are hereby authorized to enter into and execute grant documents with the County of Essex, Department of Citizen Services, Essex County Youth Services Commission, to receive and expend the grant award in the amount of $66,480.00, for the Truancy Alternative Program, for the period commencing on January 1, 2017 and terminating on December 31, 2017 (a copy of the Agreement is attached hereto and made a part hereof).
5. The agreement between the City of Newark and the County of Essex, Department of Citizen Services, Essex County Youth Services Commission is hereby ratified from January 1, 2017 to the date of adoption of this authorizing resolution.
6. No municipal funds are required for receipt or acceptance of this grant award.
7. The Chief Judge of the Newark Municipal Court shall file a fully-executed copy of the grant agreement in the Office of City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This resolution ratifies and authorizes the actions taken by the Chief Judge of the Newark Municipal Court, to submit program information to the County of Essex, Department of Citizen Services, Essex County Youth Services Commission, who requests in part on behalf of the City of Newark, for its Truancy Alternative Program, grant funding from the State/Community Partnership/Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant Program, and furthermore, ratifies and authorizes the Mayor and/or his designee, the Chief Judge of the Newark Municipal Court, to enter into and execute grant documents with the County of Essex, Department of Citizen Services, Essex County Youth Services Commission, to receive and expend the grant award in the amount of $66,480.00, for the renewal of the Truancy Alternative Program, for the period commencing on January 1, 2017 and terminating on December 31, 2017. No municipal funds are required.