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Delaware Community Foundation awards $240K in focus grants

July 5, 2020

The Delaware Community Foundation recently awarded $240,000 in focus grants to programs enriching the lives of Delaware youth and Latino communities.

During the pandemic crisis, community needs have changed, and many nonprofits have changed their business models, stepped up services and canceled events. For this reason, the focus grants program was modified this year to allow recipients to use the grants for operations and pandemic-related needs as well as for the original projects.

This year’s focus grants recipients that include Sussex County services are: Choir School of Delaware, $12,250 to expand its transportation program for choristers as the program grows to include a summer session; CAMP Rehoboth, $12,066 to support LGBTQ+ youth in middle and high schools through promoting and strengthening school GSA clubs; Jobs for Delaware Graduates, $12,250 to provide academic, workforce preparation, and life skills education to some of the most at-risk middle school and high school students in Delaware; Summer Learning Collaborative, $9,800 to support the six-week Tyler’s Camp program for Sussex County middle school students including sports, arts, STEM and academics; Plastic Free Delaware, $4,900 to host high school students from across the state for a new youth environmental summit; Sussex County Habitat for Humanity, $21,250 to support the anticipated growth of Latino clients in the Sussex Habitat Family Empowerment Program for financial literacy education; Children and Families First, $8,500 to help the Sussex Community of Hope Latino Community Outreach project to translate outreach and survey materials into Spanish; Lutheran Church of Our Savior, $4,250 to expand the English as a Second Language program to serve the growing population of non-English speakers in Sussex County from South and Central American countries; La Esperanza, $8,500 to support a new citizenship program to provide education, outreach, and full naturalization preparation for eligible lawful permanent residents; Literacy Delaware, $8,500 to expand its services into Sussex County; Autism Delaware, $8,500 to expand the Autism Care Team program in Sussex County with a focus on Spanish-speaking Sussex County families with a child affected by autism; and Sussex Tech Adult Division, $12,750 to provide continuing GED instruction for English language learners in English and Spanish at James H. Groves High School in Sussex County.

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