Lt. Governor Matt Denn

Lt. Gov. Matt Denn Lt. Gov. Matt Denn

As Delaware's Lieutenant Governor, my promise and goal is to be a voice for Delaware's children in the halls of government. Specifically, my priorities include:

  • Improving our public schools by making Delaware a destination of choice for our region's top new teachers and child care professionals, and treating those teachers and child care workers as professionals;
  • Expanding the role of mentors and parents in our public schools;
  • Increasing the number of Delaware children with health insurance;
  • Ensuring stricter enforcement of Delaware's environmental laws, to protect our kids from pollutants that cause childhood asthma and brain damage; and
  • Improving the services that our state offers children who face special challenges-children who are abused, neglected, living in foster care, or fighting to overcome disabilities.

Please feel free to email me anytime at matthew.denn@state.de.us. Or to let me know about an event that's coming up I might want to attend, please email kacee.haskins@state.de.us. Thanks for stopping by.

Lt. Governor Matt Denn


News

February 02nd, 2012 - Lt. Governor Denn’s Schedule for Friday, February 3rd
Visits Gaudenzia Fresh Start in City of Wilmington. Visits National Title I Distinguished School, Lake Forest Elementary.

February 02nd, 2012 - Today: Acting Deputy Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank to Travel to New Castle, Delaware
Blank will tour solar manufacturing facility to highlight President’s State of the Union clean energy, manufacturing initiatives.

February 01st, 2012 - Lt. Governor Denn Visits Appoquinimink High School on Thursday, February 2nd
He will tour the building and talk with the principal, Gayle Rutter, from 9:00 – 9:30am.

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Task Forces

Study Group to Assess Child Mental Health Needs in Kent and Sussex Counties/HJR 7 Task Force

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Justice Reinvestment Task Force

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Matt's Blog

February 03rd, 2012 - THE MONTH THAT WAS, PART 2
Two major questions haunt our country this Friday: what will Madonna wear for the Super Bowl halftime show, and when will we see the second half of Matt’s list of thoughts about January (when the blog went dark)?   The answer to the first question: we don’t know but it would have been grossly inappropriate even...

January 31st, 2012 - THE MONTH THAT WAS, PART I
Thanks to those of you who noticed that my blog has been absent for several weeks.  I won’t bore you with the reasons, but we have a lot of catching up to do.  So with apologies to Sports Illustrated’s Peter King, here is part one of my list of ten things that need to be...

Matt's Blog


Home Childcare Guide

Home Childcare Guide

The Lt. Governor's office developed the below guidebook for home daycare providers to simplify some of the rules and regulations for operating a home based daycare. This guidebook was a collaboration between the Lt. Governor's staff and interns, the Office of Child Care Licensing, and Bank of America.

View the Home Childcare Guidepdf
View the Home Childcare Guide in Spanishpdf

Parental Involvement Survey

Image: Parental Involement Survey

Please fill out our Delaware Parent Involvement Survey! If you are a parent with children in Delaware schools, please tell us about your experience. Lt. Governor Denn wants to hear about how parents are engaged in schools and from parents' perspective, how schools can further connect with parents.


Fill Out the Delaware Parental Involvement Survey

Mentoring

Lt. Governor's Mentoring Program

One of my goals as Lieutenant Governor will be to encourage Delawareans to mentor children in our public schools. Mentoring provides not only much needed tutoring for children who may be struggling, but a caring and reliable supporter.

In addition to encouraging individuals to become mentors, I also am recruiting business to partner with specific schools. Not only will this provide a source of mentors, but my hope is that it can benefit schools in other ways as well, including finding ways to keep schools open into the evenings and weekends so they can serve as locations for more community activities.

To find out more, go to:
www.delawarementoring.org

Last Updated: January 24 2012 16:32:32.
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