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  Category: Office of the Governor


DSHA Announces Downtown Development Districts Funding Awards

Delaware State Housing Authority | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 13, 2019

SMYRNA – Building on progress in Delaware’s downtowns, Governor John Carney and the Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) announced today that eight new downtown revitalization projects in Milford, Dover and Wilmington will receive $4.6 million in rebate funding through Delaware’s Downtown Development Districts (DDD) program. Established in May 2014, the DDD program was created to […]




Governor Carney Announces Trauma-Informed Initiatives

Governor John Carney | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Family Services Cabinet Council launches Compassionate Champion Award, Trauma Awareness Month Planning WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney on Tuesday announced two new initiatives from the Family Services Cabinet Council to implement Executive Order 24, which launched efforts to make Delaware a trauma-informed state. The Family Services Cabinet Council – a cabinet-level group reestablished by […]




Delaware continues focus on trauma-informed practices

Department of Education | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Friday, February 1, 2019

Over the past three years, more than 7,000 Delaware educators have participated in professional development opportunities around trauma, including book studies, workshops, strategic planning and the multi-district Compassionate Schools Teacher Test Lab. So far this year, more than 400 educators have engaged in free DDOE training to better understanding why adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are so threatening and how they rewire the brain.




Code Purple Declared As Bitterly Cold Temperatures, Sub-Zero Wind Chills Arrive

Delaware Health and Social Services | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 30, 2019

NEW CASTLE (Jan. 30, 2019) With Delaware facing the coldest temperatures of the winter from Wednesday night through Thursday, Code Purple is being declared across the state by the nonprofit and volunteer organizations that operate the shelters to keep people who are homeless safe during dangerous winter weather. When severe snowstorms or sub-zero temperatures are […]




COLD DAYS…. WARM HEARTS…

Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families | Education | Governor's Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Weather | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Dover, Delaware-January 2019 – Help us give a child that is homeless or in foster care a warm hug! Cold weather is still in the forecast and everyone deserves to stay warm. Who doesn’t like getting a hug or knowing that someone cares? The GACEC and its community Partners are doing just that for the […]







  Category: Office of the Governor

DSHA Announces Downtown Development Districts Funding Awards

Delaware State Housing Authority | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 13, 2019

SMYRNA – Building on progress in Delaware’s downtowns, Governor John Carney and the Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) announced today that eight new downtown revitalization projects in Milford, Dover and Wilmington will receive $4.6 million in rebate funding through Delaware’s Downtown Development Districts (DDD) program. Established in May 2014, the DDD program was created to […]




Governor Carney Announces Trauma-Informed Initiatives

Governor John Carney | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Family Services Cabinet Council launches Compassionate Champion Award, Trauma Awareness Month Planning WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney on Tuesday announced two new initiatives from the Family Services Cabinet Council to implement Executive Order 24, which launched efforts to make Delaware a trauma-informed state. The Family Services Cabinet Council – a cabinet-level group reestablished by […]




Delaware continues focus on trauma-informed practices

Department of Education | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Friday, February 1, 2019

Over the past three years, more than 7,000 Delaware educators have participated in professional development opportunities around trauma, including book studies, workshops, strategic planning and the multi-district Compassionate Schools Teacher Test Lab. So far this year, more than 400 educators have engaged in free DDOE training to better understanding why adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are so threatening and how they rewire the brain.




Code Purple Declared As Bitterly Cold Temperatures, Sub-Zero Wind Chills Arrive

Delaware Health and Social Services | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 30, 2019

NEW CASTLE (Jan. 30, 2019) With Delaware facing the coldest temperatures of the winter from Wednesday night through Thursday, Code Purple is being declared across the state by the nonprofit and volunteer organizations that operate the shelters to keep people who are homeless safe during dangerous winter weather. When severe snowstorms or sub-zero temperatures are […]




COLD DAYS…. WARM HEARTS…

Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families | Education | Governor's Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Weather | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Dover, Delaware-January 2019 – Help us give a child that is homeless or in foster care a warm hug! Cold weather is still in the forecast and everyone deserves to stay warm. Who doesn’t like getting a hug or knowing that someone cares? The GACEC and its community Partners are doing just that for the […]