State Employees' Charitable Campaign

STATE EMPLOYEES' CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN

Meeting the Needs of the Community

Community Needs

Child Poverty: 13% of Delaware children live in poverty. Federal poverty level for a family of three is $17,600 (2008). 33% of Delaware children live in families classified as low-income.

Family Finances: 19% of Delaware’s children live in families where no parent held full-time, year round employment.

Delawareans without Health Insurance: 101,000 Delawareans do not have health insurance, which is a 30% increase over the past five years.

Academic Proficiency: Nearly one-fourth of Delaware’s 10th grade students failed to meet the state’s reading proficiency standards; more than 40% of 10th grade students failed to meet the state’s math proficiency standards.

Youth Risky Behavior: 22% of Delaware 11th graders admit using marijuana in the past 30 days; 41% admit consuming alcohol, and 17% admit smoking cigarettes.

Families with Children: Nearly one-third of Delaware’s children live in single parent families.

Youth in Foster Care: In a given month, nearly 934 Delaware children are in foster care.

Income: Median income for single, female-headed families is $23,737.

Housing Affordability: 47% of renters are considered "rent burdened" (pay more than 30% of their income on gross rent). 4,478 housing foreclosures were filed in 2008 (16% increase over 2007).

Disability and Poverty: Nearly one-fourth of adults living in poverty have a "severe work disability." An estimated 70% of adults with developmental disabilities are unemployed.

Incarceration and Recidivism: Delaware has the 4th highest state incarceration rate in the country.

Substance Abuse: An estimated 50,000 Delawareans are thought to be abusing or dependent on alcohol or other drugs. Less than one-in-five will receive treatment.

Growing Older: 18% of Delaware’s population will be over 60 years old in 2010, which is a 34% increase over the past 10 years. Delaware’s population aged 85 and over will have increased 70% over the same 10 years.

What Your $$ Can Make Happen

Delaware Coalition for Literacy, Inc.
Your contributions help us recruit and provide training for volunteer reading tutors for literacy programs.

Ingleside Homes, Inc.
$5 – three meals/day for one senior; $10 – transportation to/from doctor; $42/day – housing with supportive services for one day per senior; $150 – health insurance to pay for life saving medications.

CHILD, Inc.
$1500 can provide food for all residents in our two shelters for domestic violence victims for one month. $500 can provide five counseling sessions for a family in crisis. $150 can provide six nights in a shelter for a battered woman.

La Red Health Center, Inc.
$30 will cover the office visit fees for individuals who are at or below 100% of the federal poverty level and who do not qualify for public assistance.

Delaware Housing Coalition
$25 provides "Housing in a Hurry" directory of affordable rental housing for 250 people seeking shelter or permanent affordable housing.

Food Bank of Delaware
$12.00 will feed 35 children a meal; $50 will feed 200 homeless people a meal; $100 will feed 444 meals to senior citizens; $1,000 will feed 4,444 meals to families affected by unemployment.

Delaware CarePlan, Inc.
$40/hour can provide an individual with a disability with their own personal advocate to assist with money management, grocery shopping, transporting to doctors’ appointments or attendant services.

Henrietta Johnson Medical Center
$5.00 provides free flu shots to patients otherwise unable to pay.

Interfaith Housing Delaware, Inc.
Your contribution helps us deliver our housing development and education/training programs: single-family home ownership, assisted rental property development and management, financial literacy training, housing counseling, and foreclosure mitigation.

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Last Updated: Tuesday September 29 2009

State Employees' Charitable Campaign