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Union County lists multiple grant awards and budget adjustments, including HUD and federal public‑safety grants
Summary
Agenda items included acceptance and budget modifications for numerous state and federal grants: HUD Continuum of Care modifications totaling several million dollars, a $502,200 NJDEP Recycling Enhancement grant application, and smaller state grants and pass-through funding affecting the 2026 budget.
Union County’s agenda‑setting minutes list a series of grant notifications and recommended budget modifications across departments that the Board presented for placement on the docket.
Key amounts and programs called out in the agenda: Finance Director Bibi T. Aylor listed budget modifications tied to multiple state and federal notifications, including $3,277,005 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for Continuum of Care (COC) funding and other awards including the Recycling Enhancement Act grant ($502,200) and a Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas pass‑through for pediatric mobile‑van services totaling $1,479,806. The Office of the County Prosecutor’s section listed applications for two victim‑services grants: an FFY25 STOP Violence Against Women Act (STOP/VAWA) grant of $47,099 with a required local match of $15,700, and an FFY25 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant of $420,684 with a match of $105,171. The Department of Human Services also listed acceptance of a FY2025 SuperNOFO Continuum of Care grant award not to exceed $3,100,929.
What is recorded and what remains to be decided: the agenda-setting minutes document the existence of these grants and the dollar amounts (including required matches when specified). They do not record final votes or detailed spending plans for every listed award; some items (for example, the PY2025–2026 Consolidated Action Plan adjustments) specify reallocations of contingency funds for specified projects such as the Hillside Senior Center generator ($25,000) and New Providence ADA ramp ($6,590).
Implications: together, the grants and budget adjustments reflect substantive federal and state funding flows into county programs for housing, victim services, environmental and public‑health programs; the minutes show amounts and grant sources, but final appropriation and contract awards will appear in subsequent public actions when the Board records formal approvals.
