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  • Easterseals Receives Grant from Capital One

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore recently received a grant from Capital One to continue to support a financial empowerment program that benefits participants in Easterseals day programs for adults with physical and intellectual disabilities. The program is hosted virtually so all program participants and Capital One employee volunteers, who host the program, are able to participate in this interactive and fun class that supports the fundamentals of financial empowerment.

  • Easterseals Receives Continued Support from DuPont

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore recently received a grant from DuPont to expand outdoor programming by adding additional outdoor furniture for their Adult Day Health Services, which include seniors, veterans and adults with physical disabilities. The expansion will help promote exercise and socialization, as well as, the added health benefits for the participants being outdoors, including decreased depression and anxiety.

  • Easterseals Offers Respite Grants to Families in Need

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore’s newest program will offer respite grants to families who are caring for a child under 18 with mental or behavioral health issues. The program is funded through the Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services (PBHS). The Child and Adolescent Caregiver Respite application period is open now along with their other respite grant programs.

  • Easterseals Named in Top 19 Employers in Delaware in 2021

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore is proud to be named one of the top 19 midsize workplaces in Delaware according to the News Journal’s Top Workplaces 2021 survey. The list of the top places to work in the state of Delaware is based on employee feedback gathered through an independently administered survey.
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    Easterseals Expands Resources to Milford

    The recent ribbon-cutting for the new Easterseals Caregiver Resource Center at the Milford Wellness Village brought together families and local and state officials in support of the services being offered there for caregivers and their families.

  • Easterseals Earns Highest Accreditation for Services

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore earned the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) in a recent survey of reviewed services. CARF International is an independent, nonprofit accrediting body for health and human services that evaluates the quality, value and optimal outcomes of services.
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    Easterseals Direct Support Professionals Recognized for Leadership

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore employees, Ebony Keaton, of Bridgeville, and Lawrence “Larry” Manokey, of Seaford, were recently recognized with an Honorable Mention as the top Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) in the State for their inspirational work supporting people with disabilities. They were both nominated by their supervisors and honored at an annual event held by the Ability Network of Delaware.
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    Easterseals Celebrates National Family Caregiver Month

    There are a lot of heroes that have helped America get through the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospital staff, first responders and so many more whose acts have made a difference in so many lives. However, there are a number of other heroes who do not wear capes, who do not have notoriety, and who also make a huge difference in their loved one’s life. These are unpaid family caregivers. At Easterseals, they are our heroes!
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    Easterseals Awarded Highmark BluePrints for the Community Grant

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore announced that it has received a Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware BluePrints for the Community grant to support their Memory Care and Adult Day Health Services. This funding will allow Easterseals to meet the current challenges of rising expenses to provide these much-needed services while continuing to expand the number of people served with memory and cognitive challenges in their existing Adult Day Health Program.