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Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor/Newark Municipal Courts
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Truancy Alternative Program (TAP)
Entity Name: Essex County Youth Services Commission
Entity Address: 50 South Clinton Street, 3rd Floor, East Orange, New Jersey 07017
Grant Amount: $66,480.00
Total Project Cost: $0.00
City Contribution: No Municipal Funds Required
Other Funding Source/Amount: State/Community Partnership Program
Grant Period: January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019
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:
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WHEREAS, the Essex County Youth Services Commission receives funds through the State/Community Partnership 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, 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, the Essex County Youth Services Commission submitted an application on its own behalf and in part on behalf of the City of Newark requesting grant funding from the State/Community Partnership Program in the amount of $66,480.00 for TAP; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark has been awarded a grant in the amount of $66,480.00 from the Essex County Youth Services Commission to continue to provide services through TAP for the ...
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