State seeks sponsors, meal sites for 2019 Summer Food Service Program
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 30, 2019
A program that targets children in low-income areas so they have meals during the summer is seeking sponsors and meal sites. The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), a federally funded program operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and managed locally by the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE), needs sponsors and meal sites for locations throughout Delaware to increase the number of children 18 years of age or younger who receive nutritious and healthy meals during the summer months. Organizations that participate are eligible to receive reimbursements for meals served and administrative expenses.
Help is available for Delawareans struggling to afford food
Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Newark, Del. (January 30, 2019) – While the federal government has reopened, the country’s longest government shutdown continues to impact Delawareans, including the 136,000 individuals who utilize the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to purchase food. Because February SNAP benefits were issued early, this could result in some households having as much as a two-month gap […]
Code Purple Declared As Bitterly Cold Temperatures, Sub-Zero Wind Chills Arrive
Delaware Health and Social Services | Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Newsroom | 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 | Governor's Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | 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 […]
Child and Adult Care Food Program offers meal reimbursement
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, January 28, 2019
Sponsors can receive reimbursement for meals served at qualifying child care centers, adult day care centers, emergency shelters, family day care homes and afterschool programs as part of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).
