Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To expand access to Quality Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Services (SUD-MHS).
Funding Source: United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Appropriation Amount: $285,000.00
Budget Year: 2019
Contract Period: September 1, 2018 through August 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:
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R5-s adopted on April 3, 2019.
Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness
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 $285,000.00 for the Expanding Access to Quality Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Services Grant, and no adequate provision has been made in the 2019 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 a Notice of Award dated September 13, 2018, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded the City of Newark the Expanding Access to Quality Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Services Grant in the amount of $285,000.00, to support health centers in implementing and advancing evidence-based strategies to: (1) expand access to quality integrated substance use disorder (SUD) prevention and treatment services and other SUD issues to best meet the health needs of the population served by the health center and/or (2) expand access to quality mental health services (MHS) with a focus on conditions that increase risk for, or co-occur with SUD; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark’s Department of Health and Community Wellness will be submitting an Apply and Accept Resolution under separate cover to the Newark Municipal Council for its consideration relative to said grant award; 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 appropriations adopted in 2019 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20, including this Resolution, total $127,361,727.61.
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
Expanding Access to Quality Substance Use Disorder $285,000.00and Mental Health Services Grant (SUD-MHS)
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2019 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 resolution authorizes and establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for Expanding Access to Quality Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Services Grant for $285,000.00. The United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded the City of Newark the Expanding Access to Quality Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Services Grant. The project period is September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2019.