Thanks to American Rescue Plan Act bucks, the Selbyville Public Library will be able to build a new library and move out of the stately home in which it’s now housed. Selbyville is one of nine Delaware libraries up and down the state that will share $40 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds, according to a press release …
Child care workers still waiting for promised $1,500 state bonuses
Three months after Delaware’s child care workers were promised direct financial relief in the form of $1,500 individual payments, they haven’t received a cent. Those workers may not receive any money until as late as June because the state is constructing a new registry to track who’s working in child care centers throughout the state. That registry will also be …
UD, DSU, DelTech to split $107 million of American Rescue money
With federal Rescue Plan money, state colleges will be able to build new facilities, maintain older ones and enhance programs they already have. Three Delaware colleges and universities will split $107 million in in American Rescue Plan Act money, the state announced Wednesday. Of that, the University of Delaware will get $41 million; Delaware State University will get $33 million …
Child care providers, DSU to receive millions in COVID-19 relief funds
Flanked by Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, Gov. John Carney and Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long, DSU President Tony Allen holds two beneficiaries of the governor’s initiative to strengthen early childhood education in Delaware – the 2021-22 Little Mr. and Miss DSU, Corey Bazemore and Alessandra Spence. Photo courtesy of Delaware State University. With Delaware’s unemployment rate hovering around 5 percent, state …
State COVID funds to provide bonuses for healthcare workers
Delaware will give hospitals, longterm care and state facilities $75 million to pay worker bonuses. Delaware will spend more than $75 million of federal COVID-19 relief funds for hospitals, long-term care centers and state operated facilities to provide hiring and retention bonuses to workers. The money is aimed at alleviating staffing shortages in the medical field by enabling providers …
Nonprofits to compete for $100 million to use on major capital projects
Delaware will allocate $100 million of it’s $1 billion American Rescue Plan money for building needs. Photo by Ksenia Chernaya/Pexels Delaware will spend $100 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to provide nonprofits with one-time grants to support major capital projects. The Community Investment Recovery Fund, announced Thursday by Gov. John Carney, will be paid for using funds the …
Governor Carney Announces Funding for New Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill
89-year-old hospital in Smyrna will be replaced with federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars SMYRNA, Del. — Governor John Carney, Lt. Governor Hall-Long and Molly Magarik, Secretary of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), announced $50 million on Wednesday to build a new Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill in […] The post Governor Carney …