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Somerset County reads multiple public-health and human-services grant resolutions; several revenue insertions scheduled for formal adoption
Summary
County staff read a package of grant applications, revenue insertions and contract awards spanning public health, mental-health treatment, veterans and victims-of-crime services; the items were added to the Oct. 14 consent agenda for final action.
County staff read a series of resolutions at the Sept. meeting that would, if adopted at the Oct. 14 meeting, accept or insert state and federal grant funds for public health, mental-health and social-services programs.
Among the items read into the record were proposed insertions of special items of revenue: $261,998 for the New Jersey Department of Health Childhood Lead Exposure Prevention Project; $245,027 for local core capacity for public health emergency preparedness; $70,000 for an Age-Friendly Community Enhancements grant from the New Jersey Department of Human Services; and $305,434 for a Medication-Assisted Treatment grant from the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services. A separate resolution authorized the prosecutor’s office to apply for a FFY 24 Victims of Crime Act grant for up to $144,000, with a county match of $36,000.
The board also heard a resolution authorizing Richard Hall Community Health and Wellness Center to apply for a Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services STAR grant (support teams for addiction recovery) for an amount not to exceed $417,986. The transcript shows staff reading the contract award to Zuffall Health Center (a Federally Qualified Health Center) to operate dental suites at Richard Hall Community Health and Wellness Center as the first year of a five-year agreement.
Several emergency-management and public-safety items were included in the package. The 911 communications office was authorized to apply for a Next Generation 911 grant; the office of emergency management requested equipment purchases (multi-RAE monitors and encapsulated suits) through vendor awards read into the record. The county also read a resolution to return $129,463.56 to the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management for a COVID-19 overpayment.
These grants and contract awards were placed on the consent agenda for formal action at the next regular meeting. County staff did not take final action during the Sept. discussion meeting; several items require application, award and budget insertion before funding is available.
