State Tipoffs Involving Maryland
Abt Global: Project Roomkey Helped Vulnerable, Homeless Californians at COVID's Peak - and Continues to Serve As an Effective Emergency Housing Model
ROCKVILLE, Maryland, May 7 -- Abt Global, a consulting and research firm, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024:
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An independent evaluation of the program by Abt Global finds Project Roomkey achieved its initial goals -- providing emergency housing and services in hotels and motels to 62,000 medically vulnerable people, many of whom had been living on the street.
Key finding: Data from three communities show the longer participants stayed in the Project Roomkey program, the l
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Maryland Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller to Keynote HCC's 53rd Commencement
COLUMBIA, Maryland, May 7 -- Howard Community College issued the following news release:
Maryland Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller will salute more than 600 graduates of Howard Community College (HCC) as the keynote orator for the 53rd HCC commencement exercises. The ceremony will be held on May 24 at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena on the University of Maryland Baltimore County campus beginning at 10 a.m.
It will be Miller's first commencement speech at a community college since bein
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Md. Gov. Moore Announces More Than $125 Million for State Revitalization Program Funding
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 7 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024:
Governor Wes Moore today announced more than $125 million for State Revitalization Programs to support local housing, community and economic development, and other revitalization projects. Administered by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, funding is available from seven programs including Community Legacy; Maryland Facade Improvement; Strategic Demolition Fund-
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Md. Gov. Moore Appoints Cleveland L. Horton II as Interim Director of the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 7 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024:
Governor Wes Moore today announced the appointment of Cleveland L. Horton II as interim director for the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights. His appointment follows the retirement of the former executive director, Alvin O. Gillard, after nearly a decade of service.
"We must do everything in our power to defend the precious rights that past generations fought for -- and current and futu
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Md. Gov. Moore Hosts U.S. House Appropriations Committee Delegation and Members of the Biden-Harris Administration to Tour Francis Scott Key Bridge Recovery and Salvage Operations
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 7 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024:
Governor Wes Moore today hosted members of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, Biden-Harris Administration's Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young, senior U.S. Department of Transportation officials, and executives from the Moore-Miller Administration to tour the Francis Scott Key Bridge recovery and salvage operations underway in Baltimore. The tour provided an opp
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University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: Are You Ready to Watch Dolphins?
SOLOMONS, Maryland, May 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science issued the following news release:
Thousands of residents and visitors with their eyes on the water have helped scientists understand when bottlenose dolphins are visiting the Chesapeake Bay. Are you ready to be one of them?
Researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's (UMCES) Chesapeake Biological Laboratory launched the Chesapeake DolphinWatch App in 2017 to get r
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