Delaware Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Board Announces 2026 Video Scholarship Contest for High School Students
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Friday, February 6, 2026
NEW CASTLE, DE – Delaware’s Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Board has announced the start of its 2026 Organ Donor Awareness Video Scholarship Contest open to Delaware high school students. The contest encourages students to learn about organ and tissue donation and share that message with others. The video public service scholarship contest is open […]
Governor Meyer Announces Historic Investments in Early Education, Tags Lt. Governor Gay to Lead Systemic Change
Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Education | Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families | Governor Matt Meyer | Lt. Governor Kyle Evans Gay | Office of the Governor | Office of the Lieutenant Governor | Date Posted: Monday, February 2, 2026
Dover — Governor Matt Meyer last week announced historic investments to ensure every Delaware family has access to affordable, high-quality early programs and services and has empowered the Lt. Governor to lead that change. In both his State of the State Address and FY 2027 Recommended Budget Presentation, Governor Meyer outlined a path forward to […]
DHSS Announces Warming Stations
Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2026
NEW CASTLE– With Delaware facing dangerously cold temperatures, the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) is opening eight warming stations across the State. The State-operated warming stations will open Thursday, Jan. 15, Friday, Jan 16, Tuesday, Jan. 20, and Wednesday, Jan. 21. Stations will be open during the hours of 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. […]
Delaware to Solicit Water Quality Improvement Projects With Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Funding
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Public Health | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2026
DNREC, in conjunction with the Division of Public Health, will begin soliciting for new water quality improvement projects Friday, Jan. 16 as the two agencies start to develop 2026 Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) project priority lists. Projects must be listed on the CWSRF and DWSRF project priority lists to be considered for funding.
Snow Goose Tests Presumptive Positive for Avian Influenza; Delaware Poultry Producers Encouraged to Take Precautions
Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Agriculture | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
DNREC reports a presumptive positive case of H5 avian influenza in a sick snow goose collected Dec. 8 in eastern Kent County and urges anyone who finds sick or dead wild birds — especially geese and ducks — to report the location and avoid handling the birds.
