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Healthy Village partners and services

Delaware Hospice

Delaware Hospice at Saint Francis Hospital offers a comforting option when your loved one needs a higher level of support. They have created a home away from home for patients and families during circumstances when a loved one needs more intense care outside of their home. Learn more about Delaware Hospice at Saint Francis.

Healthy Village Resources

Merakey

Merakey’s Wellness Recovery Team is an integrated health care service that works to improve the physical and behavioral health of individuals with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and physical health conditions. Each team member will work with patients to:

  • Improve understanding of medication.
  • Improve self-management and wellness strategies, including, but not limited to stress management, diet/nutrition, exercise and use of preventative care.
  • Develop improved relationship skills.
  • Increase confidence in relating to physicians of all types and understand how to negotiate and communicate with all health care providers.
  • Increase coordination of care.
  • Increase advocacy for one’s own health.

Learn more about Merakey’s Wellness Recovery Team (en espanol).

Hope Commission Women’s Reentry

Hope Commission Women’s Reentry is Delaware’s premier reentry program providing cognitive behavioral interventions and referrals to volunteers referred from the Delaware Department of Corrections and Baylor Women’s Correctional Facility. Services include a GED program in partnership with West End Neighborhood House and one-on-one and group sessions with the reentry coordinator to help navigate other support systems within the community.

Healthy Village Equity Center

The Healthy Village Equity Center is intended to address the social needs of the community and the patients at Saint Francis Hospital. Located in the former hospital gift shop, the Healthy Village Equity Center is a service comprised of:

  • Tiny Steps
    • Car seat safety
    • Home safety
    • Safe sleeping
    • Diapers, formula, baby essentials
    • Everyday essentials
  • The CARES program
  • Emergency meal program
  • Surplus food program

Social need screenings are available.

Both walk-ins and referral appointments are accepted. View our list of needed items.