$66 million in federal bucks will go to 29 state nonprofits

Twenty-nine Delaware organizations, mostly community centers involved in work with families, children and healthcare, will get a share of $65.9 million of federal money, politicians announced Monday.

The money being split comes from the US Department of the Treasury’s Capital Investment Fund, which has been used to fund broadband and community programs nationwide using money from the American Rescue Plan.

Joseph Wender, director of the U.S. Treasury Capital Projects Fund, said Monday that organizations were preselected for the cash.

“These facilities will provide services that will directly enable work, education and health monitoring in cities and towns with unmet needs throughout the state’s three counties, he said.

The programs help connect youth with job training and opportunities to provide services, as well as helping homeless individuals, supporting children and adults with disabilities and offering Wi-Fi access and health services for seniors.

Gov. John Carney said many of the projects involved will be renovations and improvements

“A lot of them have to do with the HVAC improvements, all of which were very important during COVID, and in many cases, enables these community centers to serve more people, more children,” he said. “It does also include new facilities and expanding service areas. So that’s important part of it, too.”

Here’s the full list of recipients and how much they are getting:

• $1.57 million to Boys and Girls Clubs statewide
• $20 million to Community Education Center South
• $150,000 to Child Inc.
• $4.5 million to the Christina Cultural Arts Center
• $1.8 million to the Hockessin Police Athletic League of Delaware
• $4 million to the Claymont Community Center
• $4 million to Kingswood Community Center
• $500,000 to First State Community Action Agency in Bridgeville
• $7 million to Forum to Advance Minorities in Engineering
• $700,000 to the Gaudenzia Foundation
• $150,000 to Our Youth Inc.
• $6.4 million to the Mary Campbell Center
• $300,000 to the Junior Achievement of Delaware
• $150,000 to the Claymore Senior Center

• $431,000 to the Down Syndrome Association of Delaware
• $64,866 for Endless Possibilities in the Community
• $89,890 for Kent-Sussex Industries
• $350,000 for the Mid-County Center
• $350,000 for NeighborGood Partners
• $67,703 for People’s Community Center
• $600,000 for the St. Patrick’s Center
• $2.78 million for the West End Neighborhood House, Inc.
• $35,000 for the Teach a Person to Fish Society
• $290,000 for the Community Christian Worship Center
• $144,110 for The Challenge Program
• $1.3 million for Kappa Mainstream Leadership, Inc.
• $7.4 million to the Food Bank of Delaware
• $550,000 to Code Purple Kent County
• $183,516 to Salvation Army of Dover

Of the projects involved, six involve fixing HVAC systems, seven involve various renovations, and four involve building or purchasing a new location.

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Kim Turner, the communications director with the Food Bank of Delaware, said they filled out an application for the funds about a year ago and that they are using $5.5 million to build a new food bank in Milford, and $1.9 million to expand their Newark facility.

In Milford, Turner said they have outgrown their 16,000-square-foot facility and started building their new 67,000-square-foot facility in September 2022 with $34 million in funding from a variety of sources, including the Capital Investment Fund.

The facility is set to be completed by the fall of 2024.

In Newark, Turner said the project proposal is complete and the Food Bank is just waiting for the bucks to come in to get started.

It is unclear what the timeline is for any of the other projects.

Delaware submitted a plan for the funding Jan. 11, 2023, which was approved by the Treasury Department May 1.

Last year, the Capital Investment Fund awarded $40.3 million to increase broadband access at nine libraries in Delaware.

All told, $7 million went to the Selbyville Library, $5.6 million went to the Harrington Library,$750,000 went to the Lewes Public Library, $900,000 went to the Milford Public Library, $250,000 went to the Georgetown Public Library, $7.8 million went to the Friends of Duck Creek Regional Library, $11 million went to the North Wilmington Library, $4 million to the Newark Public Library, and $3 million went to the Rehoboth Beach Public Library.