Food Is Medicine · Delaware

Delaware's path to covered nutrition.

Delaware's 1115 extension added home-delivered meals and shelf-stable food boxes for postpartum Medicaid enrollees.

The Program

Diamond State Health Plan 1115 Demonstration

CMS approved a five-year extension of Delaware's Diamond State Health Plan Section 1115 demonstration that includes new nutrition services for postpartum enrollees.

The approved benefit covers up to two home-delivered meals per day or one medically appropriate shelf-stable food box, connecting clinical maternal-health eligibility to direct food support.

Nutrition services covered

  • Home-delivered meals (postpartum)
  • Medically appropriate shelf-stable food box
Source

National Governors Association — Food is Medicine in State Policy (2025)

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