About

Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH)

Public Health touches the lives of everyone in our State and includes a wide range of programs and services—all aimed toward protecting and improving the health of the people who live and work in Delaware.

https://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/index.html

The Health Care Commission (HCC)

The HCC ensures access by uninsured individuals to primary care doctors, medical specialists, health promotion and disease prevention services; and helps with access to other health resources—including prescription programs, and laboratory and radiology services. HCC program staff are available to assist individuals with establishing a health care home, scheduling appointments, and removing barriers to obtaining healthcare and health promotion services.

https://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/dpc/chap.html

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)

Delaware is developing a State Health Care Innovation Plan to transform our health care system, with support from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) State Innovation Models (SIM) initiative. We have set ambitious goals for improving health care for Delawareans and improving the sustainability of our health care system, and are supported by a broad set of stakeholders who are committed to making real and lasting change - including physicians, hospitals, other providers, insurers, businesses, consumer advocates and our education and research community.

https://dhss.delaware.gov/dhcc/cmmi/

Delaware Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH)

DSAMH serves the adult (age 18 and older) population in need of publicly funded behavioral health services. Its mission is to promote health and recovery by ensuring that Delawareans have access to quality prevention and treatment for mental health, substance use, and gambling conditions.

https://dhss.delaware.gov/dsamh/

https://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dsamh/about.html

Strategic Opportunity Fund for Adaptation (SOFA)

In May of 2016, the Division of Energy & Climate announced the Strategic Opportunity Fund for Adaptation (SOFA) grants. These grants provided funding for state agencies to implement their adaptation strategies contained in the Climate Framework for Delaware. Ten adaptation projects were funded in six state agencies. The project ranged from establishing environmental indicators and GIS mapping projects of cultural resources, to preparing Delaware emergency responders for climatic changes.

Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHEP)

PHEP is a critical source of funding for state, local, and territorial public health departments. Since 2002, the PHEP cooperative agreement has provided assistance to public health departments across the nation. This helps health departments build and strengthen their abilities to effectively respond to a range of public health threats, including infectious diseases, natural disasters, and biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological events.

https://www.cdc.gov/phpr/readiness/phep.htm