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A motion to approve the minutes of April 22, 2025 was moved and seconded and the minutes were approved by voice vote. The committee then proceeded through the agenda introducing several items (orders and ordinances) describing amendments or realignments to grant budgets administered by the Department of Community Services, Division of Community Development and Housing. Several items were introduced for placement on upcoming meetings (not acted on at this session) and one item was explicitly tabled pending a final award nomination from the State of Delaware.

Key items introduced or noted (order/ordinance numbers and descriptions as read into the record):
- Order 25055: Amend the grants budget; appropriate $3,859,099 in program income to the \"mediating vacancies making progress revamp grant\" (Department of Community Services, Division of Community Development and Housing). Sponsors: Councilman Penrose Hollins and Councilman Jay Street. (Introduced; no committee vote recorded.)
- Order 25056 (as read): Realign $17,256,047 in Community Development (read as fiscal years 2025/2024) (Department of Community Services, Division of Community Development and Housing). (Introduced; no committee vote recorded.)
- Order 25057 (as read): Realign $139,000 in Community Development (Department of Community Services, Division of Community Development and Housing). (Introduced; no committee vote recorded.)
- Order 25058: Noted as tabled pending final state award nomination; described as a state youth-employment grant. (Tabled.)
- Order 25060 (as read 25059/25060 sequence): Amend grants budget; appropriate $50,000 in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development through the City of Wilmington (Community Development Block Grant) to the county's lead-paint hazard reduction grant. (Introduced; no committee vote recorded.)
- Order 25061 (as read): Realign $141,310,000 to the Community Development Block Grant (introduced; no committee vote recorded).
- Order 25065: Amend grants budget; realign $750,000 in federal HOME American Rescue Plan funding (to be voted at the June 10 meeting). (Not acted on at this session.)
- Ordinance 25068: Amend grants budget; appropriate funding from the county council approved operating budget to the senior home repair program (to be considered June 10). (Not acted on at this session.)
- Order 25070: Amend FY25 approved operating budget; reduce grants fixed-charge budget line items for county council-provided grant funding (to be considered June 10). (Not acted on at this session.)

The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn that the committee approved by voice vote. No recorded roll-call tallies for the motions were provided in the transcript excerpt.

Votes at a glance (recorded outcomes in the transcript):
- Motion to approve minutes of 04/22/2025: approved (voice vote). Mover/second: not specified in the transcript. Vote tally: not specified.
- Motion to adjourn: approved (voice vote). Mover/second: not specified in the transcript. Vote tally: not specified.

All other orders and ordinances introduced in the session were presented for future consideration or tabled as noted; the committee did not adopt or reject the detailed grant amendments during the May 27 meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","New Castle County - Community Services Committee - May 27, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Community Services Committee approved April minutes, introduced multiple grant-amendment orders and scheduled several items for consideration at the June 10 meeting; a motion to adjourn passed.","taxTitle","New Castle County, Delaware","taxId",12637,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6531608,"County staff detail HUD awards, housing vouchers and lead-remediation funding for FY26",215,1151000,1366000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3522277-6f28d8152c85ff7df612641a555f667d&start=1151&end=1366","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3522277-6f28d8152c85ff7df612641a555f667d/thumbnail_1151000.jpg","/articles/6531608/New-Castle-County/Delaware/County-staff-detail-HUD-awards-housing-vouchers-and-lead-remediation-funding-for-FY26","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6531608-05fa3c1334285a078baf064088e23a23/orig.mp4?Expires=1770511448&Signature=SoJXqYQ2lMmQ1hMgiTtlMcrFg4CLM-Ub0NTerMhbyu~CzuGCIAtuTRKQ-K69NNv1iwx26RcJc~iQ2kQF3Vj~WcBCV7Jp9YT6T4QNpLfUXiO6DQC1xa8BQv9oVtZXLXSjT8MRh1J72yI8nP0wHwMVWm6zZ5w-ewqmmMHJ1yMapZIuB2THfLEGQCtH87KTqT4dzs4vUnPd2optgzDylwDiJICwAbBD4K2w2r-0CGmGW9u7W6CCapeaaO9T59QAVatECt-7AoUMDopejqr~Gp1hJzbNU6cHTV5IwEyzpLA7n8fNqbwVDYOJAu1JWlZrOwM4QFAY0gBNYyDZ8dils3Hqfw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Carrie Casey, general manager of the New Castle County Department of Community Services, briefed the Community Services Committee on May 27, 2025 about federal housing-related awards the county expects for fiscal year 2026 and ongoing program operations.

\"We did receive notice from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that we will be receiving money for fiscal year 26,\" Casey said. She provided dollar amounts and year-over-year percentage changes for recurring HUD allocations the county uses for housing and homelessness programs.

Casey reported the county's expected Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocation as $2,509,120, an increase she said of roughly 2.29% from the prior year; the Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) award as $987,574.20 (a 2.43% increase) and the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) as $215,564 (a 2.92% increase). Casey also said the county's Housing Choice Voucher program (Section 8) receives funds that pay roughly $1.5 million in rent per month and that the award for the calendar year is \"roughly $16,800,000.\" She said these awards and program utilization mean the county will be funded through at least fiscal year 2026 for those programs.

Casey highlighted an additional $450,000 in CDBG funds originating from the City of Wilmington to support the county's lead-hazard remediation program; she said the county is the only lead program in the state and has received city funding because the city's CDBG money can be used to expand lead remediation work. \"The city has money and is awarding money to help for lead remediation in the city and has given us a considerable amount of money over the last year due to the fact we're the only lead program in the state,\" Casey said.

Committee members and the general manager noted the county's capacity to administer federal funds and the absence of audit findings for fiscal community-services awards. Councilman Jay Street and others described a reliance on these recurring federal funds to support housing and homelessness services in the county and urged continued stewardship of award dollars.

Councilman Mark Carter (Council member) asked Casey for a concise white paper summarizing county programs and outcomes to support advocacy with the National Association of Counties (NACo) and with congressional staff. Casey agreed to provide a short document for council distribution.

The presentation was informational; no committee votes were taken on HUD allocations during the meeting. Casey and the committee thanked staff responsible for lead remediation and federal grants management for their work.","Department of Community Services staff told the committee New Castle County will receive federal HUD allocations for fiscal 2026 across CDBG, HOME, ESG and Housing Choice Vouchers and described a city contribution for the county's lead remediation program.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6531613,"New Castle County updates youth workforce program; summer placements, training and coding partnership highlighted",623,527000,1150000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3522277-6f28d8152c85ff7df612641a555f667d&start=527&end=1150","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3522277-6f28d8152c85ff7df612641a555f667d/thumbnail_527000.jpg","/articles/6531613/New-Castle-County/Delaware/New-Castle-County-updates-youth-workforce-program-summer-placements-training-and-coding-partnership-highlighted","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6531613-58fb2323ee7dc848d64b336dff30ca43/orig.mp4?Expires=1770511448&Signature=NZvAGIa2nQ~XA9p4rP3yHWj~unaQCDbXwrKEJV-N9~RQlWhQxfbtXtiPpZFV5ujTJKur3Ek3mxT5P9aTymsxM-Q2pYnS5NhLhmSxrp1kgikeFrU-WqS2fXNOShvmOL1DGO5E1SeCqE3TJBlEKVI16yMJ6LwQ0UqWY017M~k6-W6Z6V1GxMfZwJeg-OmjpLi8w9hKAiRGmOJzzWkj7Eij7NgCPROPDZ1NjIhChmULQZT4DjfE37hP0-J1NOJOJOhmHxIIqkeS9~VMY06ZQXtsCnb5e25ytV5QrEFBz8X2V17PYZuwWmLiZvPk0Djui6bOLHyTc1NXLIRSNs7QGFj5ew__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Carly Thompson, acting division manager for Community Services, gave a May 27, 2025 update to the New Castle County Community Services Committee on the county's Youth Workforce Development Program, outlining program structure, employer partnerships and funding sources.

Thompson said the Youth Workforce Development Program includes both a Summer Youth Employment Program (about 10 weeks) and a school-year employment program that follows the academic calendar. \"Youth are paid the state minimum wage of $15 per hour,\" Thompson said. She told the committee that wage, weekly hours and placement practices are designed to balance school schedules and work experience.

The program places youth with nonprofit, for-profit and government worksites. Thompson said the county identified more than 60 employment partners for summer 2025 and reported placing close to 200 youth into positions for the upcoming season; she also said more than 1,000 youth have visited the online application portal to create accounts. Thompson said a $125,000 annual earmark from County Council would allow the county to employ about 60 participants directly through the county's allocation.

Thompson described training and professional-development programming organized around four \"pillars of success\": leadership, health and wellness, communication and work ethic. Workshop topics include college readiness and completing the Common App and FAFSA, stress management, professional communication, unconscious bias training, financial literacy and relationship safety.

The presentation highlighted a multi-year partnership with Code Differently funded in part by American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) support. Thompson described a Code Differently team, Solution Station, that won the high school division of the Innovation Venture Competition and received a $50,000 award held in trust to further-develop a pest-identification app, \"Pest Patrol.\" Thompson said the partnership has included training, hackathons and pitch competitions.

Thompson also described individual success stories: two photographed youth had recently moved from program placements into other jobs, including a placement at the Reader's Cafe and a full-time camp counselor role, illustrating paths from temporary placements to continued employment.

Committee members praised the program. Councilman Jay Street thanked council colleagues for continued funding and said the council's portion is a significant share of the total program budget. Councilman Penrose Hollins (Co-Chair) and General Manager Carrie Casey also thanked staff and referenced Councilman Smiley as an early proponent of related council-supported programs.

Thompson said state Department of Labor funding for the county's youth-related Department of Labor allocation was reduced by 42% year-over-year for the coming fiscal cycle and that overall state funding available was 61% lower than recent years; she added New Castle County's share of the available state funds increased from 18% to about 30 percent, which the division views as recognition of program quality. Thompson said staff are \"pivoting to redirect funds for both the summer and year-round programs\" to maintain placements.

Thompson closed by thanking Council and noting the program remains under active evaluation to align placements with youth career interests and to increase employer diversity among worksites.

The committee did not take formal action on the program during the meeting; the presentation was informational.","County staff reported on the Youth Workforce Development Program, saying summer placements, employer partnerships and training workshops continue with ARPA and council support; staff noted declines in some state and federal funding and said they are pivoting to sustain placements.","actionData","errors"]

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