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RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. R-24-260 AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ACCEPT THE NOTICE OF AWARD FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT - ALLOCATION OF WORKFIRST NEW JERSEY FUNDS FOR STATE FISCAL YEAR 2025, TO REFLECT AN INCREASE IN GRANT FUNDING
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WHEREAS, the County of Passaic (“County”) is a government body incorporated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:18-1, et seq. and vested with all rights contained therein; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:20-1 the Board of County Commissioners for the County of Passaic (“Board”) are vested with decision-making powers on behalf of the County; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Human Services (“Department”) is an umbrella social service agency concerned with planning and funding services for disadvantaged and homeless citizens; and
WHEREAS, in a letter dated June 7, 2024, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and Urban Development for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act informed the County that it was eligible to accept a Notice of Award from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act - allocation of WorkFirst New Jersey funds for State Fiscal Year 2025, in the amount of two million two hundred seventy-nine thousand dollars ($2,279,000.00) for a period starting July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, this grant is available to the Department to provide rental assistance and administrative costs; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department has advised that pursuant to the Notice of Award received by the County, dated April 22, 2025 and attached hereto, the funding available to the County has been revised to include an additional eight hundred fourteen thousand dollars ($814,000.00), resulting in a new total award of three million ninety-three thousand dollars ($3,093,000.00), which the Department is recommending to the Board for approval; and
WHEREAS, this matter was discussed at the April 29, 2025 meeting of the Health and Human Services Committee and is being recommended to the Board for approval.
NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:20-1, et seq., the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Passaic hereby authorizes an amendment to Resolution No. R-24-260 to reflect additional available funding in the amount of eight hundred fourteen thousand dollars ($814,000.00), resulting in a new total award of three million ninety-three thousand dollars ($3,093,000.00), as set forth in the attached Notice of Award.
LET IT BE RESOLVED, that all the other terms and conditions set forth in Resolution R-24-169, unless inconsistent with this Resolution, shall remain in full force and effect.
LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk to the Board, Director of the Board, County Counsel, and Director of the Department of Human Services are authorized to take any other steps necessary to carry out the purpose of this Resolution.
NB May 13, 2025