Delaware Households Affected by School Closings During Pandemic Will Receive Additional Temporary Food Benefits
Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, March 29, 2021
Eligible Families Will Be Reimbursed for Cost of Meals That Would Have Been Available in Schools NEW CASTLE (March 29, 2021) – Delaware households with children affected by school closures during the COVID-19 public health emergency will receive additional temporary food-assistance benefits under the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program. Eligible households will receive P-EBT […]
Delaware Has Issued Emergency Benefits for March to Eligible SNAP, TANF, and General Assistance Households
Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, March 26, 2021
NEW CASTLE (March 26, 2021) – The Delaware Division of Social Services has issued emergency benefits for March to eligible households as part of the state’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 public health crisis. Benefits were issued as part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and two cash assistance programs – Temporary Assistance for […]
DHSS Updates Guidance for Visitation at Delaware’s Long-Term Care Facilities
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, March 26, 2021
NEW CASTLE (March 26, 2021) – The Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) has updated its guidance to Delaware’s long-term care facilities following recent federal recommendations that allow for expanded indoor visitation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The guidance was updated last week and was sent to the state’s 86 long-term care (LTC) facilities; it […]
DHSS Tests Using Paratransit to Help Bring COVID-19 Vaccine to Vulnerable Delawareans
Delaware Health and Social Services | Delaware Transit Corporation | Department of Transportation | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, March 12, 2021
NEW CASTLE (March 12, 2021) – The Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) began a test mobile vaccination effort on March 5 in western Sussex County by partnering with the Delaware Transit Corporation (DTC) to utilize DART’s Paratransit fleet to bring COVID-19 vaccinations to some of Delaware’s most vulnerable citizens who have been homebound […]
Medicaid Providers Invited to Participate in Program to Increase Access to Medications to Treat Opioid Use Disorder
Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2021
NEW CASTLE (Feb. 23, 2021) – The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services invites medical providers and practice managers in primary care, women’s health, infectious disease and psychiatry to participate in a program that will train providers to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) among Medicaid recipients. Office-Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) involves prescribing safe, effective, […]
