{"id":547,"date":"2025-02-24T15:20:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T15:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/delaware_cares-2\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T15:20:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T15:20:41","slug":"delaware_cares","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/delaware_cares\/","title":{"rendered":"delaware_cares ~  Delaware Cares Newsletter  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n  \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\"> <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n\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\/dsaapd\/delaware_cares.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using 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