Delaware
Delaware seeks new Administrator for Breeders’ Fund – Harnesslink
The Administrator of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund is retiring. Thus, the position of Administrator of Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (Exempt Position) Salary Range: $65,185 – $79,069 will be needed to be filled.
The closing date to file an application for the position is April 30, 2024.
As an employee of the State of Delaware, Department of Agriculture, the Administrator will represent the state’s interests in oversite of registration of stallions, yearlings, two- and three-year-olds eligible to the Breeders’ Fund program. This includes tracking all specific stake monies and bonuses paid to the two harness tracks, Bally’s Dover and Harrington Raceway.
In addition to making sure all Regulations of the Breeders’ Fund are adhered to at the tracks and breeding farms. The Administrator is the primary contact for the “Fund” between track management, racing departments, and the Horsemen’s Association. In addition, they are the point of contact for the Harness Racing Commission and other state agencies such as the Department of Finance, Department of Justice, and Lottery and the Registrar. Outside the state but within the harness industry they would be the main contact for the United States Trotting Association, Standardbred Canada, and multi staking services.
The Administrator is the single employee and as such collect’s payments for registration and racing. Any dispute with these payments is handled by the Administrator and any resulting appeal goes to the Board of Directors for a decision. Keeps detailed records of these payments and provides data pertaining to purses and bonuses paid along with lists of top performers in each division.
Maintains and creates databases for each and every stallion and foal crop along with charts tracking the numbers and economic impact and keeping the Board of Directors apprised and to recommend any increase or decrease in purses and bonuses as dictated by the size of foal crops and yearly projection of purses.
In addition, all advertising placement and sometimes creation, for placement in track racing programs and industry publications. Knowledge of race office procedures and use of USTA Etrack and Pathway systems preferred. Stays apprised of national industry trends and participates in associations and select horse sales. At all times is available for any task assigned by the Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of Finance.
This is an exempt position with the State of Delaware within the Department of Agriculture and comes with a generous benefits package, details of which can be reviewed by clicking here. Interested applicants must submit a resume by April 30, 2024, to the following address: Department of Agriculture, Human Resources, 2320 South DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901.
Conditions of Hire
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The State of Delaware Executive Branch participates in the Federal E-Verify system where the State will provide the federal government with each new hires Form l-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
From the Delaware Department of Agriculture
Thomas Jefferson University is opening a regional campus of its Sidney Kimmel Medical College in Delaware, an effort that will result in the state’s first medical school.
Jefferson beat out three other bidders to establish the four-year program in partnership with the state. The other bidders were the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, the consulting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Ponce Health Sciences University in Puerto Rico, Spotlight Delaware reported.
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The inaugural class of 40 medical students will begin instruction in July 2028. Initially, the campus will be based at the University of Delaware in Newark, with Jefferson faculty providing instruction. A permanent home for the campus is still being finalized, the Inquirer reported.
The medical students will receive 18 months of preclinical training on campus before receiving clinical training from healthcare providers in Delaware’s southern counties, where the state’s physician shortage is most deeply felt. That shortage is compounded by an aging population, Delaware officials said.
“Jefferson is committed to being part of the solution to Delaware’s physician shortage,” Jefferson CEO Dr. Joseph Cacchione said in a statement. “We are proud to help build a future where every Delawarean has access to the care they deserve. Jefferson is all in.”
The school’s creation is being supported by $157.4 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Delaware is one of three states without a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program. Since the late 1960s, Jefferson and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine have reserved seats for Delaware students.
“Sidney Kimmel Medical College has trained generations of physicians for more than 200 years, more than any other medical college in the country,” Said Ibrahim, dean of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, said in a statement. “It is a privilege to bring our mission to Delaware’s patients and communities.”
Jefferson has announced several expansions recently. The university is establishing a full-time doctor of nursing practice-nurse anesthesia program and several online graduate programs at the Lehigh Valley Health Network Center for Healthcare Education in Lehigh County. It also is opening a satellite respiratory therapy lab at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Allentown.
Delaware officials said medical students will start their classroom instruction at UD and then do their clinical training at offices and health care systems in Kent and Sussex counties, where the shortage of doctors is most acute.
However, ChristianaCare, which has its own partnership with Jefferson, is not participating. The state’s largest health care system was part of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine’s unsuccessful bid to operate the school. In a joint statement from ChristianaCare and PCOM, the two organizations expressed disappointment with not being part of the consortium of higher education institutions and healthcare organizations.
“The path forward raises genuine questions about whether the school’s goals can be fully realized without ChristianaCare’s meaningful participation in its clinical training mission,” it said. “The success of any four-year medical program depends not just on an academic institution, but on a true and committed partnership with its clinical partners — one built on shared mission, mutual investment and trust developed over time.”
Students in the first class can get their tuition subsidized, covering all of their education costs, in exchange for an agreement to work in rural Delaware for five years.
Running the medical school is expected to cost Jefferson $78 million over the next five years. The money is from a federal rural health grant through the Rural Health Transformation Program, which congressional Republicans created in the so-called “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act.”
The program will give $50 billion to every state over five years, though exactly the total each will eventually receive is unclear. Half of the money is to be distributed equally to states and the other half is awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services based on a variety of factors.
The state applied for $1 billion late last year to improve health care in Kent and Sussex counties. The Trump administration has so far allocated Delaware $157 million. Delaware is expected to receive at least $500 million over the life of the fund.
Delaware Ohio Housing Growth
A look at the rapid expansion of housing developments in Delaware, Ohio.
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Every few weeks Delaware city approves a new housing development. The city has more than 4,000 housing units in its development pipeline, contributing to the rapid growth in one of the fastest-growing counties in Ohio.
A crash shut down U.S. 42 in Delaware County in both directions June 2.
As of 7 a.m., U.S. 42 was closed from U.S. 23 to Jegs Place near the Delaware Municipal Airport.
It was not immediately clear whether anyone was injured in the crash or when the roadway would open.
This is a developing story and will be updated
Public Safety and Breaking News Reporter Bailey Gallion can be reached at bagallion@dispatch.com.
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