A Spotlight on What's Working

April 25, 2022

Colleges and universities, companies, nonprofits, and area high schools are doing amazing things to prepare or upskill our workforce. The number one thing we consistently hear from our members is their need for qualified talent. In response, we modified our Superstars in Education awards program, now retitled to Superstars in Education and Training.

It is our goal to shine a spotlight on schools and training programs that are running innovative programs to meet today's and tomorrow's employer needs. It is our hope that programs like these inspire others to build initiatives that help create talent pipelines for other industries and career pathways for all Delawareans.

While many go through the rigorous application process, only a handful of winners were selected. An award is given to one independent training provider, a higher education program, and a Delaware high school. Awards of Excellence are given to deserving applicants too. This year’s winners are:

FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE for their Culinary School and Logistics, Operations, General Warehousing and Inventory Control (LOGIC) programs! As our independent training and certificate winner, these programs serve unemployed and under-employed adults with barriers to employment and is recognized as a trade school by the Delaware Department of Education.
YEAR UP WILMINGTON, in collaboration with Wilmington University, is our higher education winner. Year Up works to close the opportunity divide by empowering young adults with skills, experiences, and support to begin fulfilling careers and realize their potential.
Our high school winner is the ACE mentoring program at PAUL M. HODGSON VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL. The Architecture, Construction and Engineering (ACE) Program introduces students to the wide range of career opportunities open to young people in these important fields.
Our Award of Excellence recipient is ZIP CODE WILMINGTON, an employer-driven code school that teaches the skills that Fortune 500 employers need.

Superstars in Education & Training is a flagship program under our workforce development affiliate, The Partnership, Inc. Learn more about our 2022 Superstars and their impact as we celebrate them on Monday, May 9th at Wilmington University in New Castle. Join us >

News You Can Use

The world of economic news gets started tomorrow with durable goods order data from March, new home sales for March, and the S&P Case-Shiller U.S. home price index for February. More housing data becomes public on Wednesday with March pending home sales figures and Q1 U.S. home ownership rate results. On Thursday, we start to see jobless claims from April and GDP numbers for Q1. We finish the week with personal income, consumer spending, and disposable income data from March.

Earnings calls this week starts off today with Coca-Cola and Whirlpool. Tuesday’s headliners are Alphabet, Microsoft, 3M, Archer-Daniels-Midland, Capital One Financial, GE, GM, Navient, Visa, and Waste Management. Meta Platforms kick headlines on Wednesday and are joined by AFLAC, Amgen, Boeing, Discover Financial Services, Garmin, Harley-Davidson, Humana, Norfolk Southern, PayPal Systems, and T-Mobile. Other calls this week include Amazon, Apple, Twitter, Barclays, Comcast, McDonald’s, U.S. Steel, AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Chevron.

Michael J. Quaranta

President

Delaware State Chamber of Commerce

April is Autism Acceptance Month! Autism Delaware's mission is to help people and families affected by autism. The nonprofit offers services and resources to support individuals and families and serves as an advocate to raise awareness of autism in Delaware.

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Uniquely Delaware

2,672

Delaware public school students with autism in the 2019-2020 school year

According to the CDC, about 1 in 44 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). State Chamber members who offer resources and employment:

This is an abbreviated list of members who offer autism support, resources, and employment opportunities. If your business is involved, we'd love to hear about it!