Delaware Farm Families and the Organizations that Support Them: Farm Family Health Management

This website helps you learn about health care options as you age, pick providers you'd like to help manage your care based on your zip code and create a plan you can share with loved ones.

Federally Qualified Health Centers offer services for those insured, underinsured and unisured. Fees are charged on a sliding scale basis. This website helps you find the center closest to you.

La Red Health Center has been recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a Patient Centered Medical Home. They offer a wide range of patient centered health & social services including: Pediatric and Adolescent Services, Adult and Senior Services, Screening Services, Behavioral Health for Children & Adults, Oral Health Services for Children & Adults, Women’s Health Services and Other Services Available that include Medicaid Eligibility & Enrollment. They have convenient payment methods through insurance plans and offer services to uninsured individuals who qualify for discounted fees based on a sliding scale fee schedule. Centers are located in Georgetown, Seaford and Milford, Delaware.

Delaware Cancer Consortium in partnership with the Division of Public Healthy have set up a website that has all information needed about prevention, testing, and treatment of chronic disease. 

Determines eligibility for and provides a link to low-cost or no-cost medical care through statewide community health centers, the Voluntary Initiative Program (VIP) and hospitals throughout Delaware.

Provide services covering primary healthcare, mental health, health insurance navigation, and supportive services. They have a mobile unit that will provide primary health care on location at farm operations.  Services Provided in the patients’ languages of origin.

Community health centers are located within each county. These centers provide a medical home for people in almost all income levels. The health centers see insured, under-insured and uninsured patients. Most centers bill their patients on a sliding fee scale, based on the household income.

Provides unbiased educational programs in the areas of nutrition, health, wellness, financial management and diabetes education.

Delaware’s free official program can help you learn more about low-cost, high quality health coverage.

Maryland’s free official program can help you learn more about low-cost, high quality health coverage.

Provides information for consumers, educators and farmers about choosing and using your health insurance wisely.

Basic information on health care options from UD Cooperative Extension.

Provides a one stop website for resources related to financial, legal and stress management topics as related to managing farm stressors.

Stress management resources

From the Behavioral Health Consortium,
Lt. Gov. Bethany A. Hall-Long, Chair

Provides education, referral, training and community support groups to assist individuals and communities in addressing mental health issues.

 24-hour, toll-free crisis hotline. Tele-interpreters are available for over 150 languages using the English language site. If texting is preferred, text HOME to 741741 for free crisis support 24 hours a day in the U.S. 

Farmer Help Hotline staffed with individuals who understand the pressures of farm life and help farmers connect to financial, legal, and other resources.

24-hour free and confidential treatment referral and information about mental and/or substance use disorders, prevention, and recovery in English and Spanish. 

Find Local Mental Health Treatment Services

The Division offers a continuum of Crisis Intervention Services. These services are located throughout the State in the Crisis Intervention Service Centers, the Community Mental Health Centers, the Recovery Response Center and Emergency Rooms. Crisis Intervention Service (CIS) staff are available 24 hours a day to assist people, 18 years and older, with severe personal, family or marital problems. These problems may include depression, major life changes such as unemployment or loss of an important relationship, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, thoughts of suicide, delusions, paranoia and substance abuse.

A website dedicated to better understanding prevention, treatment and recovery of adiction.

This organization oversees the Aglands Preservation Program, Young Farmers Program, Forestland Preservation Program.

This fact sheet describes tools farm families can use to develop succession and estate plans.

The Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program is a new program for 2018
that will provide fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, and honey at no cost to low-income Sussex County senior citizens at three farmers’ markets in the Rehoboth Beach/Lewes area.