Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and General Assistance/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (GA/SNAP): to provide assistance in job placement for participants and disbursement of Workforce Investment Funds (City-wide)
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Appropriation Amount: $1,113,310.00
Budget Year: 2018
Contract Period: July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Funds accepted by Resolution: 7R2-d adopted on April 24, 2018
Operating Agency: Mayor’s Office/One Stop Career Center/Newark Works
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of $1,113,310.00 for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), General Assistance/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (GA/SNAP), and no provision has been made in the 2018 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose and N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the purpose above-mentioned; and
WHEREAS, by grant award letter dated May 30, 2017, from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the City of Newark has been awarded $1,113,310.00 to provide assistance in job placement for participants and disbursement of Workforce Investment Funds; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides that the Governing Body, by a two-thirds vote, may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year; and
WHEREAS, emergency appropriation adopted in 2018, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total…………………$4,940,709.00.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. A temporary emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification.
Program Amount
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) $ 699,886.00
General Assistance/Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (GA/SNAP) $ 413,424.00
Total $1,113,310.00
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2018 budget.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This Legislation establishes the Temporary Emergency Appropriation and Revenue in the 2018 City of Newark’s Budget for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and General Assistance/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (GA/SNAP) in the amount of $1,113,310.00. The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development is awarding the funds. The project period is July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 (City-wide).