Title
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 period commencing on January 1, 2019 and terminating on December 31, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark must execute a grant agreement with the 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 Essex County Youth Services Commission (hereinafter the “County”), 50 South Clinton Street - 3rd Floor, East Orange, New Jersey 07017, in order to request grant funding in the amount of $66,480.00 from the State/Community Partnership Program for the renewal of TAP 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 this authorizing resolution.
3. The grant award in the amount of $66,480.00 from the County 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 to receive and expend the grant award in the amount of $66,480.00 for TAP for the period commencing on January 1, 2019 and terminating on December 31, 20149 (a copy of the Agreement is attached hereto and made a part hereof).
5. The Agreement between the City of Newark and the County is hereby ratified from January 1, 2019 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 the 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 Essex County Youth Services Commission (the “County”), in order for the County to request grant funding from the State/Community Partnership Program for TAP. Furthermore, this resolution 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 to receive and expend grant funds in the amount of $66,480.00 from the State/Community Partnership Program for the renewal of TAP for the period commencing on January 1, 2019 and terminating on December 31, 2019. No municipal funds are required.