Three Seasoned Leaders Named Deputy Wardens at Delaware Correctional Facilities
Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Dover, DE – The Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) announced today that Deputy Warden Christopher Kearney of Howard R. Young Correctional Institution has been appointed Deputy Warden of the DOC Special Operations Group, Deputy Warden Natasha Hollingsworth of James T. Vaughn Correctional Center has been appointed Deputy Warden at Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, and Correctional Captain […]
DOL Conducting 2023 Annual Prevailing Wage Survey
Department of Labor | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2023
The Division of Industrial Affairs (DIA) at the Department of Labor (DOL) is currently conducting its Annual Prevailing Wage Survey for state-funded construction projects. On January 4, 2023, the Department mailed over 4000 survey forms to contractors. The completed survey forms must be postmarked or returned to DIA for the data to be used in […]
Department of Correction Marks National Accreditation Milestone In 2022
Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Dover, DE – As 2022 draws to a close the Delaware Department of Correction marks the success of its decade-long effort to earn national accreditation across DOC facilities from the American Correctional Association (ACA). This past summer at the ACA Summer Conference in New Orleans the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections voted unanimously to grant […]
Treasurer Davis Sworn In For Second Term
Office of the State Treasurer | State Treasurer Colleen C. Davis | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Surrounded by family, friends, and staff, State Treasurer Colleen Davis was sworn in for her second term this morning. Deputy Attorney General Jason Staib, legal counsel to the Office of the State Treasurer administered the Oath of Office. “It is my honor and privilege to serve the people of Delaware,” Davis said. “Over the past […]
Delaware Contributes Youth Overdose Death Data for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Report
Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2023
DOVER, DE (Jan. 3, 2023) – Through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS), Delaware was recently among 47 states to contribute data to the CDC’s Dec. 16, 2022, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, titled “Drug Overdose Deaths Among Persons Aged 10-19 Years – United States, July 2019-December 2021.” The Division of Public Health (DPH) utilizes SUDORS to track available trends and characteristics of […]