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Dept/ Agency: One Stop Career Center-NewarkWORKS
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Entity Address: PO Box 055, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0055
Grant Amount: $116,570.00
Total Project Cost: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Grant Period: May 1, 2020 through August 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:
The Grant Funding Source is from the State of New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOLWD) and Economic Opportunity to assist youth who are in or have aged out of foster care.
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WHEREAS, the Bridges to Employing Youth grant seeks to expand the capacity of New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOLWD) workforce system to adequately address the career development needs of the youth who are or have aged out of foster care; and
WHEREAS, the NJDOLWD announced the Bridges to Employing Youth Notice of Grant Opportunity (NGO) on October 24, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the Newark Workforce Development Board (NWDB) responded to the Bridges to Employing Youth NGO and submitted a proposal to the NJDOLWD in the amount of Four Hundred Fifty Thousand and Zero Cents ($450,000.00) on December 2, 2019; and
WHEREAS, on April 23, 2020, the NJDOLWD awarded the NWDB a total of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Five Hundred Seventy Dollars and Zero Cents ($116,570.00) of Bridges to Employing Youth grant funds for Program Year 2020 (May 1, 2020 through August 31, 2021); and
WHEREAS, upon receipt of the Bridges to Employing Youth notice of award, the Newark Workforce Developm...
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