Title
Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: To provide support, prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19, as needs evolve for sub-recipients and clients of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.
Entity Name: United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Entity Address: 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857
Grant Amount: $544,685.00
Total Project Cost: $0.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Grant Period: April 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021
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:
Project Program: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A COVID-19 Response
No municipal funds are required for receipt or acceptance of this grant award.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Health and Community Wellness (hereinafter, "DHCW"), Ryan White Unit, desires to provide support, prevention, preparation for, and response to COVID-19, as needs evolve, for sub-recipients and clients of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, with a minimum amount/percentage of this award to provide services to women, infants, children and youth (WICY) living with HIV/AIDS in the Newark Eligible Metropolitan Area (EMA), which is comprised of Essex, Union, Morris, Sussex and Warren counties in northern New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), has made funds available for the provision of these services through the project program titled Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A COVID-19 Response; and
WHEREAS, on April 10, 2020, the City of Newark (hereinafter, "City"), the Director of the DHCW received from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, one time funding in the amount of Five Hundred Forty-Four Thousand, Six Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($544,685.00) for the support, prevention, preparation for, and responding to COVID-19, as needs evolve for sub-recipients and clients of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, with a minimum amount/percentage of this award to provide services to women, infants, children and youth (WICY) living with HIV/AIDS residing in the Newark Eligible Metropolitan Area (EMA); and
WHEREAS, as a result of the emergency appropriation, HRSA has notified the City of the award in the amount of Five Hundred Forty-Four Thousand, Six Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($544,685.00), for the period commencing on March 1, 2020 and terminating on February 28, 2021, and HRSA authorizes the award recipient to incur allowable pre-award costs before the effective date of the federal award dating back to January 20, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the DHCW desires to accept said grant funds in the amount of Five Hundred Forty-Four Thousand, Six Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($544,685.00); and
WHEREAS, HRSA does not require the City to execute a grant agreement in order to accept the aforementioned grant award; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Community Health and Wellness recommends that the City accept this grant funding.
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 Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, are authorized to receive emergency funds from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, accepting grant funds in the amount of Five Hundred Forty-Four Thousand, Six Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($544,685.00), for the support, prevention, preparation for, and responding to COVID-19, as needs evolve for sub-recipients and clients of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, with a minimum amount/percentage of this award to provide services to women, infants, children and youth (WICY) living with HIV/AIDS residing in the Newark Eligible Metropolitan Area (EMA) (a copy of the grant award is attached hereto and made a part hereof).
2. The Municipal Council ratifies its authorization of this grant application from the date of application submission to the date of adoption of this authorizing resolution.
3. The grant award in the amount of Five Hundred Forty-Four Thousand, Six Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($544,685.00), from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, HRSA, is hereby accepted (a copy of the grant award is attached hereto and made a part hereof).
4. The Mayor and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, are authorized to receive and expend the grant award, for the purposes stated herein and in the grant award and terms and conditions, for the period commencing on April 1, 2020 and terminating on March 31, 2021 (a copy of the grant award is attached hereto and made a part hereof).
5. The Municipal Council ratifies the acceptance of this grant award from April 1, 2020 to the date of adoption of this authorizing resolution.
6. The Director of Health and Community Wellness is further authorized to use the funds for pre-award allowable costs incurred before the effective date of the federal award dating back to January 20, 2020, as authorized by HRSA in the grant award terms and conditions
7. No municipal funds are required for receipt or acceptance of this grant award.
8. The Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness shall file a copy of the grant application and the grant award letter in the Office of the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This resolution ratifies and authorizes the actions taken by the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness to apply for and accept grant funds in the amount of Five Hundred Forty-Four Thousand, Six Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($544,685.00), from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Administration (HRSA), for the support, prevention, preparation for, and the response to COVID-19, as needs evolve for sub-recipients and clients of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, for the period commencing on April 1, 2020 and terminating on March 31, 2021. No municipal funds are required for receipt or acceptance of this grant award.