DCF focus grants awarded to Sussex County nonprofits

The Delaware Community Foundation has awarded $360,000 in focus grants to programs enriching the lives of Delaware youth, supporting Latino communities and advancing nonprofit leaders of color.

Focus grants support organizations and initiatives working to build opportunity so all Delaware residents can overcome barriers to success, benefit equitably and thrive.

Grant recipients serving Sussex County received the following funding:

Supporting Kidds was granted $20,000 to provide certification in grief counseling and nonprofit leadership to its leadership and offer the organization’s Healing Pathways grief support program for children and their caregivers remotely, in person and in schools.

Green Beret received $15,000 to support the Equipping Youth for Success project to provide economically disadvantaged youth with mentorship, leadership training and career preparation through travel to college tours and historical sites, and outdoor activities like fishing, hiking and camping.

Harry K Foundation was granted $15,000 to support its Halt Hunger program for underprivileged children, which distributes backpacks of food to supplement students’ households, and establishes food pantries in Delaware schools and other facilities.

CAMP Rehoboth was awarded $10,000 for its Youth Up! program, which promotes and strengthens school gay-straight alliance clubs and offers a wide array of enrichment activities for struggling and marginalized LGBTQIA youth in middle and high schools.

TeenSHARP received $25,000 to implement the Padres Embajadores Para La Educación Universitaria, or Parent Ambassadors for College Education, a Spanish-language training program which will develop a cadre of 55 parents to become ambassadors for higher education in Delaware’s Spanish-speaking communities.

Literacy Delaware was granted $15,000 to expand the Moving Beyond literacy tutoring program by purchasing additional curriculum, training supplies, assessment materials and technology, and to continue to create collaborative partnerships that build a strong continuum of services in Sussex County’s Latino communities.

United Way of Delaware received $25,000 to implement its $tand By Me: NexGen program of effective and culturally relevant methods to increase awareness of financial aid and postsecondary admissions processes, assist Latino students with financial aid acquisition, and ensure postsecondary enrollment.

Delaware Shakespeare was awarded $15,000 to support its 2021 Community Tour, which will bring free performances of a new musical adaptation of “Twelfth Night” viewed through the lens of the Latina immigrant experience to locations such as prisons, community centers and medical facilities.

Habitat for Humanity Sussex County was granted $25,000 to expand accessibility and increase participation in its family empowerment program in Sussex County’s Latino communities. The program builds strength, stability and self-reliance through financial literacy and affordable homeownership,

La Esperanza was awarded $20,000 to continue its comprehensive support services core programs: Resource Navigation and Family Coaching, Immigration Services, Victims Services, and Youth Leadership and Prevention programming.