UpdatedFri, Jan 29, 2021 at 2:00 pm ET
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The funds are available to all licensed child care providers that are currently open and operating regardless of Keystone STARS level. (Shutterstock)
PENNSYLVANIA Childcare workers in Pennsylvania can get grants worth several hundred dollars through the CARES Act, Gov. Tom Wolf said last week. Pennsylvania s childcare workers can take advantage of one-time, $600 grants.
The funds are available to child care providers licensed by the Office of Child Development and Early Learning through federal Child Care Development Fund quality dollars and remaining funding previously made available through the federal CARES Act funds allocated for child care providers.
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As of Friday, nearly 25,000 of the county s roughly 567,000 residents have received first doses of the coronavirus vaccine. (Shutterstock)
DELAWARE COUNTY, PA Nearly 25,000 people have been partially inoculated against the coronavirus in Delaware County. However, much more work needs to be done to ensure residents are protected against the virus by providing more vaccine administration.
Below are the latest details on vaccine administration in Delaware County.
How Many Have Gotten The Vaccine?
Since vaccination distribution began in late December, 24,808 partial and 5,540 full vaccination have been administered in Delaware County as of Friday. Delaware County has a population of roughly 566,747 according to census data.
The town of Avon has plans to examine its tax base in various ways over the next 12 months, which could bring up the topic of marijuana shops in town once again.
In 2012, more than 70 percent of Avon voters cast their ballot in favor of Amendment 64, which legalized the possession and consumption of marijuana in Colorado.
But in 2014, the Avon town council voted 6-1 in favor of banning pot shops in town.
Councilmember Chico Thuon, who was elected in 2018, said he would support the idea of a “luxury green spot” in Avon.
Thuon asked that the council “entertain the thought of potentially transforming some of the dead space in our town core” into a place where marijuana could be purchased “and capitalize on some of those revenues.”
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A contentious recall effort sparked feuds and colored campaigns for Avon Town Council last summer and fall. But the last word on a so-far failed attempt to recall two councilmembers will come from an Eagle County District Court judge.
The town of Avon and the Avon Recall Committee locked in a fight over how many voter signatures the committee needed to submit to force a recall election for Sarah Smith Hymes and Tamra Underwood have each filed a first round of briefs in a pending case before Judge Russell H. Granger.
Last November, the town determined the committee did not submit enough voter signatures for a recall election to proceed. On Dec. 1, the town filed a complaint against the Avon Recall Committee, asking the district court to weigh in with an opinion.
The town of Avon on Friday published a draft of the town’s goals for 2021, a document which presents specific tasks and projects to be completed over the next 12 months.
The 2021 document will replace the town’s previously published strategic plan with regard to identifying specific projects to be completed during the calendar year.
Among the goals is the implementation of a new community engagement platform called Bang the Table, where the town can post projects and the community can comment. The town’s preliminary goal for the new platform is to post approximately nine separate projects by the beginning of February and then review the performance, functionality and usage of the new platform with council in April.