City of Wilmington

Mayor John Carney said the move is to increase recruitment and retention and lower maternal mortality rates in the city.

The report said based on cost alone, it recommends splitting City of Wilmington students between the Red Clay and Brandywine School Districts.

Once Mayor John Carney signs the ordinance into law, the city will have 120 days to get the program running.

The Plummer Community Corrections Center is set to close March 2026, sending all residents downstate to live.

City Council adopted Councilmember Shané Darby’s resolution last week 7-0 with six absent.

City Council passed a similar ordinance last month, but the mayor vetoed it shortly after, citing financial and legal liabilities.

Stops throughout the day included Urban Promise Wilmington, Parkview Apartments and William “Hicks” Anderson Community Center.

The subcommittee will follow up on the Homelessness Taskforce's recommendations submitted earlier this year.

Councilmembers passed a resolution discouraging future partnerships or contracts with companies like Avelo Airlines, which profits from ICE deportation operations.

That includes opening a city-owned park to the unhoused community to live in.