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Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Amending Grant Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: To provide Breastfeeding Peer Counseling (BFPC) funding.
Entity Name: State of New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Family Health Services
Entity Address: P.O. Box 364, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0364
Additional Grant Amount: $59,000.00
Funding Source: Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2019 WIC Health Service Grant
Total Project Cost: $0.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: October 1, 2018 through September 30, 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:
Resolution 7R5-b adopted on October 11, 2018 for the FFY 2018 Infrastructure Grant in the amount of $258,977.00; and
Resolution 7R5-b adopted on January 9, 2019 for the FFY 2019 WIC Health Service Grant in the amount of $1,861,819.00, are amended to provide additional BFPC funding in the amount of $59,000.00 for a collective grant amount of $2,179,796.00.
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WHEREAS, the Department of Health and Community Wellness provides nutritional services, nutritional education, immunization screening and education, voter registration, and family care enrollment through the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children (WIC); and
WHEREAS, the State of New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH), Division of Family Services, has made grant funds available for the provision of WIC services to the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, on October 11, 2019, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R5-b, which ratified and authorized the Mayor and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, to apply for and a...
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