LGBTQ Addiction Treatment in Delaware

Treatment rules and programs in Delaware

Who oversees treatment

The Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH), part of the Department of Health and Social Services, oversees the state's substance use services and licenses substance use disorder treatment programs under 16 Del. C. Chapter 22 and its administrative code regulations.

Prescription monitoring

Delaware's Prescription Monitoring Program tracks controlled substance prescriptions in schedules II-V. It is run by the Office of Controlled Substances within the Division of Professional Regulation under 16 Del. C. § 4798.

Public coverage for treatment

Delaware's Medicaid program is administered by the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance within the Department of Health and Social Services. Its covered services include mental health and substance abuse services.

Overdose Good Samaritan law

Delaware has an overdose Good Samaritan law at 16 Del. C. § 4769. A person who seeks help in good faith for an overdose or other life-threatening emergency, or who is the one overdosing, is protected from arrest, charge or prosecution for certain lower-level drug possession offenses, with limits.

Featured IOP and day programs in Delaware

Care that includes transgender and nonbinary people

Transgender and nonbinary people often report being misgendered or treated poorly in health care settings, which can make treatment feel unsafe. Before you enroll, ask how the program handles names and pronouns, room assignments, bathrooms and continuing gender-affirming hormones.

Read our transgender rehab guide for more.

How IOP and PHP work

Intensive outpatient programs (IOP) usually meet about three hours a day, three to five days a week. Partial hospitalization programs (PHP), also called day treatment, run most of the day while you sleep at home. Both deliver group and individual therapy, and many include medication management.

Every program on this page reports one of these levels of care plus an LGBTQ program or group.

LGBTQ Addiction Treatment by city in Delaware

Smaller towns are covered on the page for their nearest larger city.

• Dover
• Wilmington
• Middletown
• Newark
• Lewes
• Milford
• Bear
• Ocean View
• Glasgow
• Brookside
• Hockessin
• Smyrna
• Pike Creek Valley
• Millsboro
• Georgetown
• Seaford
• New Castle

Using your insurance

Before you call a program, have your insurance card ready and ask three things: is the program in network, does this level of care need prior authorization, and what will you owe after the deductible. Our insurance guides walk through major carriers.

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