You may access the Delaware Division of Social Services (DSS) Manual at the State of Delaware Administrative Code site. This manual explains rules regarding eligibility for DSS programs including Food Supplement Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), General Assistance, Subsidized Child Care, Medicaid, Delaware Healthy Children Program, and the Delaware Prescription Assistance Program.

You may access the Delaware Title XIX Medicaid State Plan and State Plan Amendments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) website.

Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Volume 2, Chapter IV, parts 430 – 499 contains rules governing Medicaid and State Children Health Insurance Programs (S-CHIP). Delaware’s S-CHIP program is called the Delaware Healthy Children Program. Follow this link to the Code of Federal Regulations website.

The United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) produces the State Medicaid Manual. This manual contains day-to-day operating instructions, policies, and procedures based on statutes and regulations, guidelines, models, and directives. They are used by CMS program components, contractors, and State survey agencies to administer CMS programs. For many others, they are a good source of technical and professional information about the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Follow this link to the State Medicaid Manual website.

Several Medicaid qualifying programs base Medicaid eligibility on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) eligibility standards. Such programs follow Social Security Administration regulations governing Supplemental Security Income (SSI). These regulations appear in the Social Security Administration’s Program Operations Manual, which may be accessed at the Social Security Administration’s Program Operations Manual website.

The Delaware Division of Social Services (DSS) cares about your privacy. Information we collect about you is private. According to federal law, we must give you a notice of our privacy practices. Only people who have the need and legal right may see your information. To read our complete policy please select the following links:

Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance - Notice of Privacy Practices

Division of Social Services - Privacy Notice for Personally Identifiable Information