First 100 Days: Delivering for Delaware
In his first 100 days, Governor Matt Meyer has hit the ground running — traveling thousands of miles across the state, listening to Delawareans, and turning bold ideas into real progress. And the Meyer Administration is hard at work turning his vision of a fairer and more efficient Delaware into a reality.
We’re working to expand youth apprenticeships across state government and accelerate the construction of affordable housing in every county. Governor Meyer’s budget eliminates $50 million in medical debt for working families, as well as millions in direct classroom investment to address our statewide literacy crisis – because a child who can’t read can’t succeed. We’re also streamlining state government so people can get the essential services they need faster.
The work is just beginning, but the message is clear: we’re leading with compassion, urgency, and an unwavering belief in what’s possible in Delaware when we work together.
Education: Investing in Classrooms
- Declared a statewide literacy emergency
Read Press Release - Proposed $75 million to raise educator pay
Read Press Release - Proposed $6 million in direct-to-classroom literacy assistance
- Leading the way to get cell phones out of classrooms
- Collaborating with the legislature to pass a holistic school funding reform framework before summer.
Healthcare: Expanding Access and Building Capacity
- Expanding mobile health units in underserved communities
- Launched the Farm-to-Pharmacy pilot program because food is medicine.
- Eliminating $50 million in personal medical debt for hardworking Delawareans
- Nominated a new Delaware Healthcare Commission Chair to lead the feasibility study for a medical school.
Housing: Accelerating Development and Addressing Homelessness
- Signed Executive Order #4 to streamline the affordable housing permitting process
- Reestablished Delaware Interagency Collaborative on Homelessness Read Executive Order #8
- $35.5 million in housing investments Read News Article
- Backed recommendations from the Affordable Housing Production Task Force
Economic Development: Supporting Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs
- Nominated new Marijuana Commissioner to implement retail cannabis market Read Press Release
- Signed Executive Order #1 expanding youth apprenticeships
- Working to expand the EDGE Grant program for startups. Learn more about EDGE
- Announced plans to move forward on the Port of Wilmington expansion project
- Relaunched the Small State Business Credit Initiative
Energy and Agriculture: Growing a Brighter Future for Delaware
- Nominated a new Public Advocate to represent the public’s interests in utility rate cases
- Collaborating with the General Assembly on a comprehensive energy reform package to lower rates and enhance consumer protections
- Contained the avian flu outbreak to just 3 cases statewide
- Signed Executive Order #5, re-establishing the Delaware Council on Farm and Food Policy.
- $10 million proposed investment to preserve agricultural lands to help ensure the viability of our state’s top industry
- $10 million proposed investment to the “Open Space” program, ensuring Delawareans have access to clean waterways, forests, and other outdoor recreational areas and opportunities.
Good Governance: Efficient, Effective, Transparent
- Maintained Delaware’s AAA bond rating
- Signed Executive Order #3, committing to efficiency and transparency in state government, mandating performance reviews for all agencies, and improved ethics training for state employees.
- Preparing Delaware for looming federal funding cuts with a focus on protecting core services, including proposing a federal cut contingency fund of $21 million.
- Appointed first African American leader of the Delaware National Guard Read Press Release
