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Delaware Organizations

Angel Flight East
Provides free, volunteer-based, non-emergency air transportation to medical treatment for people who lack access to transportation for financial or medical reasons. Services communities in 14 northeastern states and provides flights up to 1,000 miles.
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Delaware Academy of Medicine (DPHA)
Works to enhance community wellness through medical education and public health promotion, including consumer health education and continuing medical education conferences.
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Delaware Division of Public Health (DDPH)
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.
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Delaware Health and Social Services (DHSS)
Works to improve the quality of life for Delaware's citizens by promoting health and well-being, fostering self-sufficiency, and protecting vulnerable populations.
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Delaware Health Care Commission (DHCC)
Works to ensure basic, affordable health care for all Delawareans. Focuses on health care access through programs and initiatives. Administers the Delaware State Loan Repayment Program.
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Delaware Healthcare Association (DHA)
Provides policy and advocacy leadership to promote healthy environments for Delawareans. Functions as the Delaware hospital association.
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Delaware Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
Works closely with local health advocates on a variety of community development activities designed to increase access to healthcare in Delaware. Part of the Delaware Division of Public Health.
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Delaware Rural Health Initiative
Includes representatives from the Division of Public Health and three southern Delaware hospital systems. Created as a collaborative vehicle for addressing shared rural regional health concerns.
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Delaware: First State Community Action Agency
Works towards the elimination of the root causes of poverty and to make less severe the effects of poverty on low-income people by providing a range of services and activities to Delaware residents.
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IPRO
A Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) working with patients, providers, and government agencies to improve the health of people in Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Also provides technical support on identified high-priority issues to rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), and other acute care facilities serving vulnerable populations.
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Mid-Atlantic Association of Community Health Centers (MACHC)
Works to provide healthcare services to the medically underserved and uninsured in Maryland and Delaware. MACHC is built on delivering accessible, affordable, cost effective and quality primary healthcare to those in need in rural and urban communities.
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Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center (MATRC)
One of the telehealth resource centers funded by the federal Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT). Assists healthcare organizations, healthcare networks, and healthcare providers in the implementation of cost-effective telehealth programs to serve rural and medically underserved areas and populations. Includes Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia.
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Northeast Center for Occupational Safety and Health (NEC)
A NIOSH Agricultural Safety and Health Center located at the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health promoting health and safety research, education, and prevention activities in the high-risk areas of farming, commercial fishing, and logging in the Northeast.
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Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD)
Focuses on rural issues including community and economic development, food systems, natural resources, and entrepreneurship. Serves Washington D.C. and a 12 state area in the Northeast: Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Maine, Maryland, and Vermont.
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Resilient Engaged Active Community Health (REACH)
Offers training and technical assistance on rural substance use disorder and mental health disorder including prevention, treatment, and recovery in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project, Inc. (SERCAP)
Helps rural communities in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida to improve community infrastructure, including water and wastewater treatment.
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Delaware
Works to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing. The HUD state office provides information about HUD housing programs and local contacts for the state.
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USDA Rural Development State Office: Delaware and Maryland
Committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in all of rural America. The Rural Development State Office provides information about Rural Development programs and applications for financial assistance.
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Last Reviewed: 3/15/2023