Mount Olive Township

Mount Olive Township, a New Jersey municipality, acts as a prime recipient of federal grants for stormwater infrastructure, law enforcement behavioral health responses, and public health capacity building, with two of three prime awards reaching completion within the next twenty-four months. The township also receives sub-awards from the New Jersey Department of Health under multiple CDC-administered public health infrastructure and capacity programs. Mount Olive Township does not hold federal contracts; all federal activity is grant-based.

The township's prime grant portfolio centers on three named initiatives. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 funded a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2028, for stormwater infrastructure construction at Budd Lake—retrofitting eighteen storm drain inlets and installing three manufactured treatment devices across Cedar Street, McKelvie Street, Johnson Avenue, and Route 46 to reduce sediment and phosphorus discharge and improve water quality. The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the Mount Olive Police Department a $550,000 Project Grant (FY 2023 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Responses) starting October 1, 2023 and running through September 30, 2027, to implement a mental health co-response program in partnership with the Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris, providing eighty hours per week of mental health professional coverage (Monday–Friday) to respond to mental health incidents and reduce law enforcement use-of-force incidents involving individuals with mental health or substance-use disorders. The Healthcare Systems Bureau issued a Project Grant (Community Project Funding) dated September 30, 2023 with completion September 29, 2026 to fund a Health and Wellness Center expansion project addressing identified community health priorities including mental health, transportation access, sidewalk safety, and substance abuse.

As a sub-recipient, Mount Olive Township receives awards from the New Jersey Department of Health under CDC Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) programs. Recent sub-awards include funding for public health infrastructure strengthening across workforce, foundational capabilities, and data modernization (August 21, 2025); two new vehicles and operating project support (July 7, 2025); public health capacity building under PHIG Pathway B (July 26, 2024); infectious disease preparedness staffing (October 11, 2023); senior and persons-with-disabilities transportation operations (September 5, 2023); and communicable disease response capacity at local health departments (August 23, 2022). The township serves a population of approximately 29,000 residents and operates its health department across five surrounding municipalities—Netcong, Mount Arlington, Mine Hill, Wharton, and Washington Township—serving a total regional population of 66,000. Nine total awards (prime and sub combined) represent $16.1 million in combined obligations across five federal agencies, with activity concentrating in 2023 (four awards) and declining thereafter. Two awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, creating modest recompete exposure.