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Medicaid
"Medicaid furnishes medical assistance to eligible low-income families and to eligible aged, blind and/or disabled people whose income is insufficient to meet the cost of necessary medical services. Medicaid pays for: doctor visits, hospital care, labs, prescription drugs, transportation, routine shots for children, mental health and substance abuse services."
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
"The goal of TANF is to give people temporary help until they get a job. Within the program both the State and the TANF client have responsibilities. The State provides positive incentives for the family to become self-sufficient, and the family must accept responsibility to become self-sufficient and self-supporting."
Food Stamps
"Food Stamps is a program that enables low-income families to buy a variety of food that is the basis for better nutrition."
Assisted Living Information
Links to websites related to the Division of Long Term Care Residents Protection and its services.
Healthy Children Program
"Delaware Healthy Children Program is a low cost health insurance program for Delaware's uninsured children. The Delaware Healthy Children Program features the same high-quality coverage you'd get with some of the best private insurance plans."
Delaware Prescription Assistance Program
"The Delaware Prescription Assistance Program (DPAP) provides up to $2500 per individual in each calendar year for eligible clients. The goal of the program is to provide prescription assistance to elderly and/or disabled individuals currently without prescription coverage who have incomes below 200% of the poverty level or have prescription costs exceeding 40% of their income." Call 1-800--996-9969 (press Option 2 - then Option 1).
State Housing Authority
"The mission of the Delaware State Housing Authority is to efficiently provide, and assist others to provide, quality, affordable housing opportunities and appropriate supportive services to responsible low- and moderate-income Delawareans."
Home delivered meals
"The Home-Delivered Meals Program delivers nutritionally-balanced, hot meals during the day to homebound persons. Some people also receive cold, bagged meals so that they will have food available in the evening as well."
Parent Information Center
A private, nonprofit organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and staffed by experienced family members of children with special needs and professionals in the fields of education and rehabilitation."