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Benefits in Delaware
Where to apply and who to call in Delaware. For services near you, see the Delaware state page.
Medicaid
- Program
- Delaware Medicaid (Diamond State Health Plan) (Delaware Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance (DMMA))
- Apply online
- assist.dhss.delaware.gov
- By phone
- (866) 843-7212
- In person
- A State Service Center, or your local Long Term Care benefits office for long-term care Find an office
- If you get SSISupplemental Security Income: monthly payments from Social Security for people with disabilities who have low income and few savings.
- Yes. Delaware gives Medicaid automatically to people who get SSI.
- If you work
- Medicaid for Workers with Disabilities. Full Medicaid for working people with disabilities ages 16 through 64. Call 302-424-7190 for an application.
Medicare Savings Programs and the Medicaid Buy-In also go through this office. How Medicaid works.
Food
- SNAP: find the Delaware SNAP office in the USDA state directory, or call 211.
- Find your food bank and home-delivered meals.
- SNAP rules for people with disabilities
Bills and phone
- Energy help (LIHEAP): call 1-866-674-6327 to be sent to your local office.
- Lifeline phone or internet discount: lifelinesupport.org.
- More on bills, shutoffs and housing
Legal help
- Disability rights agency (free)
- Disability Rights Delaware/CLASI, (302) 575-0660
- Legal aid
- LawHelp.org and the LSC legal aid finder
Planning forms
Free Delaware advance directive forms, with instructions: Delaware forms at CaringInfo. What each form does.
People who help for free
- 211: call or text 2-1-1.
- Medicare counseling (SHIP): shiphelp.org.
- Area Agency on Aging and Aging and Disability Resource Center: Eldercare Locator, 1-800-677-1116.
- Work and benefits counseling (WIPA): choosework.ssa.gov/findhelp.
- Search Delaware services in the Atlas
Medicaid details checked October 9, 2026. Disability rights agency from the NDRN member list; forms from CaringInfo. Last reviewed November 9, 2026.
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