DPH Oral Health Screening Programs Support Students’ Healthy Smiles and Expand Access to Dental Care
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Kindergarteners across Delaware are participating in the Kindergarten Oral Health Screening Program for the first time this school year, provided by the Bureau of Oral Health and Dental Services (BOHDS) within the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH). This new annual program is intended to improve the oral health of Delaware children and prepare them for […]
Opioid Fund Co-Chairs Release Roadmap to Recalibrate Use of Settlement Funds
Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, October 28, 2024
WILMINGTON, Del. – As the first year of grantmaking comes to a close, Co-Chairs Attorney General Kathy Jennings and Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long shared the results of the third-party report from independent contractor Social Contract with recommendations to maximize the impact of the governing body overseeing Delaware’s opioid settlement funds. The report, Enhancing Use […]
AG Jennings resuspends financial advisor for illegally accessing former clients’ account information
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, October 28, 2024
Attorney General Kathy Jennings has secured a six-month suspension from a former Delaware investment adviser for viewing current financial account information of former Delaware clients while unregistered. The Investor Protection Unit (the “Unit”), the state securities regulator for Delaware, received a complaint from a former client of Robert Brandon Prettyman, an unregistered investment advisor that the Unit had previously suspended for making false statements […]
DOJ secures more than two decades of prison time in cold case murder
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, October 28, 2024
A Wilmington man has been sentenced to 23 years for convictions stemming from the 2018 murder of Richard Young. On October 18, Nasir Anderson, 24, was sentenced to 102 years in prison, suspended after 23 years followed by descending levels of probation for convictions of Murder Second Degree, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a […]
Delaware Forest Service Opens Grants for Local Communities
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Newsroom | Urban and Community Forestry | Date Posted: Monday, October 28, 2024
DOVER, Del. (October 28, 2024)—The Delaware Forest Service is offering $910K in funding for local communities through four grants launching on November 1, 2024. While the application period for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Sub-Grant for Disadvantaged Communities is already open, three more grants will become available. Delaware Forest Service’s Urban & Community Forestry Coordinator […]
