{"id":10514,"date":"2025-03-01T14:08:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/index\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T14:35:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T19:35:22","slug":"index","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/index\/","title":{"rendered":"php\/index ~  PHPS HOME  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n  <br>\r\n\r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\r\n\r\n\r\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\r\n\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\r\n\r\n\r\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/index.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\r\n\r\n\r\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\r\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\r\n\r\n\r\n      <\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n    \r\n\r\n\r\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\r\n\r\n\r\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Office of Preparedness<!--[END]--><\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n    <\/header>\r\n\r\n\r\n  <\/div><br>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"container\">\r\n\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"row\">\r\n\r\n\r\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\r\n\r\n\r\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\r\n\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\r\n\r\n\r\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\r\n\r\n\r\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\r\n\r\n\r\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\r\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\r\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\r\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\r\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\r\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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Are you prepared?\">ARE YOU PREPARED?<br>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n    PrepareDE.org<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n    <li><a href=\"adthome.html\" title=\"AGENTS, DISEASES &#038; THREATS\">AGENTS, DISEASES &#038; THREATS<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n    <li><a href=\"biothan.html\" title=\"DELAWARE HEALTH ALERT NETWORK\">HEALTH ALERT NETWORK<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n    <li><a href=\"prephome.html\" title=\"DELAWARE PREPARE FOR YOUR NEEDS\">PREPARE FOR YOUR NEEDS<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n    <li><a href=\"preparednessbuddy.html\" title=\"DELAWARE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BUDDY\">PREPAREDNESS BUDDY<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n    <li><a href=\"parthome.html\" title=\"DELAWARE PREPAREDNESS PARTNERS\">PREPAREDNESS PARTNERS<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n    <li><a href=\"phplinks.html\" title=\"DELAWARE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS      RELATED LINKS\">RELATED LINKS<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n    <li><a href=\"tehome.html\" title=\"DELAWARE PREPAREDNESS TRAINING\/EDUCATION\/EXERCISES\">TRAINING\/EDUCATION\/EXERCISES<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n    <li><a href=\"vohome.html\" title=\"DELAWARE PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS VOLUNTEERS\">VOLUNTEERS<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n   <\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n   <\/td>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n <\/tbody>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"emsps.html\">Return to Delaware EMSPS homepage <\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n  <!--[END]-->\r\n\r\n\r\n  \r\n\r\n\r\n      <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n  <\/div><!-- \/container -->\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Office of Preparedness Public Health Menu Home About About DPH Sections &#038; Programs Office Locations Contact Info Calendar Services A-Z Services Air &#038; Water Quality Birth, Death, &#038; Marriage Records Clinics Health Data &#038; Statistics Emergency Preparedness Health &#038; Wellness Healthy Homes Healthy Workplaces Laboratory Restaurant Inspections Screening and Testing WIC Additional Services Information [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":10036,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10514","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10514"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11738,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10514\/revisions\/11738"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}