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Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: To support activities to purchase, administer, and expand testing capacity for COVID-19.
Entity Name: United States Department of Health and Human Resources Health, Health Resources and Services Administration
Entity Address: 5600 Fisher Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20852
Grant Amount: $263,824.00
Funding Source: HRSA
Total Project Cost: $0.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: May 1, 2020 through April 30, 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:
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WHEREAS, the Department of Health and Community Wellness provides medical care services pursuant to and consistent with Health Care Program Statutes (Section 330 of Public Health Services Act: 42 U.S.C. Section 254b), Program Regulation (43CFR Part 51 and 42 CFR 56.201) for Community and Migrant Health Centers and Grant Regulations (42 CFR part 74), Affordable Health Care Act; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Health and Human Resources Health, Health Resources and Services (HRSA), has made grant funds available through the Paycheck Protection Program and Heath Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 266) to support health centers funded under the Heath Center Program to prevent, prepare for and respond to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), funds may be used by Health Centers to purchase, administer, and expand testing to monitor and suppress COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, on May 4, 2020, HRSA awarded the City of Newark (the "City"), one-time funding in the amount of Two Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand Eight Hundred Tw...
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