People and practical help
Housing, food, care, transportation, and ongoing support
These listings connect the local community with housing, food, behavioral health, benefits, transit, survivor advocacy, disability support, peer support, and practical resources. Ask about current availability, cost, scope, consent, and safety before relying on them.
Practical disposal · City of Dover residents · collection rules, materials, and set-out limits apply
City of Dover Sanitation and Recycling
Dover's Sanitation and Recycling division collects municipal solid waste and publishes current trash, recycling, and address-based schedule information. The City lists limits on items such as tires, concrete, hazardous material, brush, and construction debris. Confirm the address-specific schedule, bulk-item rules, accepted materials, and set-out requirements before placing anything outside.
Practical disposal · Greater Kent County · service area, material, and quantity rules apply
Kent County Trash, Recycling, and Bulk Pickup
Kent County Levy Court publishes trash, recycling, yard-waste, and bulk-item guidance for its service area. The current page says up to four bulk items may be collected weekly at no extra cost when they meet handling rules, while some materials require a landfill or another route. Confirm whether the address is in county service, what is accepted, and how to prepare items.
Landfill and waste-facility navigation · Delaware · fees, hours, and material rules apply
Delaware Solid Waste Authority and Sandtown Landfill
The Delaware Solid Waste Authority operates or coordinates disposal facilities, including the Sandtown Landfill serving the Dover area. Use it for materials that do not fit ordinary collection, and confirm current hours, accepted materials, transportation, and disposal fees before going. Do not mix hazardous materials into an ordinary load.
Food assistance and pantry navigation · Delaware, including Kent County · pantry, mobile, and partner schedules vary
Delaware Food Bank
The Food Bank of Delaware distributes food statewide through partner agencies, mobile pantries, food closets, and its Newark and Milford Healthy Pantry Centers. It also provides SNAP outreach and other stability supports. Use the current food-help tools and confirm location, hours, transportation, household rules, and available food before traveling.
Emergency food navigation · Delaware · pantry schedules and local supply vary
Delaware DHSS Food Pantries
Delaware DHSS directs residents needing food assistance to Delaware 211, Food Bank of Delaware community pantries, and State Service Centers that may provide emergency food supplies. Confirm the nearest current location, hours, identification, transportation, accessibility, and household rules before traveling.
Food-benefit application and information · Delaware · income, household, residency, and federal rules apply
Delaware SNAP and ASSIST
Delaware DHSS administers SNAP and directs residents to the ASSIST portal and State Service Centers for applications and interviews. Current eligibility includes household, income, residency, and other federal rules that may change. Benefits can help with food access but do not provide hoarding treatment, cleanup, or housing placement.
Energy and utility assistance · Delaware, including Kent County · income, season, crisis, and application rules apply
Delaware Utility Assistance and Weatherization
Delaware's Energy Assistance Program may help eligible households with heating, cooling, utility shutoff, fuel, and weatherization needs. The current state page lists Kent County application help through Catholic Charities and explains that crisis assistance and seasonal assistance have different rules. Confirm current income limits, documents, deadlines, and whether the program can address the specific utility problem.
Accessible transportation · Dover and Kent County · ADA certification, route, reservation, and fare rules apply
DART First State and Kent County Paratransit
DART First State provides fixed-route service statewide and ADA-certified paratransit for people who cannot use regular fixed-route transit because of a disability. Eligibility is based on functional inability, with current applications, service boundaries, reservations, and fares set by DART. Confirm certification, pickup area, schedule, accessibility, and current fare; this is not emergency transport.
Free housing legal assistance · Kent County and Delaware · income, issue, and intake rules apply
Community Legal Aid Society Housing Legal Services
Community Legal Aid Society describes free housing legal assistance for qualifying Delaware residents facing subsidized-housing eviction or termination, lockout, unsafe living conditions, and some fair-housing concerns. The Kent County office is in Dover. Bring notices or relevant papers if possible and confirm that the issue is within scope; legal aid is not emergency dispatch.
Eviction legal information · Delaware · tenant, case, and income rules apply
Delaware Right to Representation in Evictions
Delaware's legal-aid network provides information about the right to representation in qualifying eviction and housing-subsidy termination cases. Use the current materials to understand whether a notice or court matter may qualify and contact a legal-aid agency promptly. This is not a cleanup or guaranteed housing-placement service.
Practical organizing search · Delaware · independent providers, pricing, privacy, and fit vary
Delaware Professional Organizers
This Delaware professional-organizer directory can help identify independent providers who may offer decluttering or organizing support in the state. It is not a public program, hoarding-specific guarantee, or endorsement. Ask about hoarding-related experience, cost, scope, privacy, consent, pacing, disposal practices, and how the person living in the home will be involved.
Qualified-care and support search · Delaware and national directory · verify details directly
IOCDF Hoarding Resource Directory
The International OCD Foundation's hoarding directory can help people search for therapists, programs, support groups, organizers, and task forces. Availability, credentials, insurance, fees, and service area can change. Use it as a starting point and confirm every detail with the provider; a directory listing is not an Alliance endorsement or guarantee.
Peer and education groups · Delaware, including virtual options · age, schedule, cost, and group fit vary
OCD Delaware Support Groups
OCD Delaware lists current support and education groups for people affected by OCD and related disorders, including an informal ADRC group for older adults and other virtual or in-person options. Some listed groups have no cost while others list a fee. Confirm the current meeting details, registration, cost, accessibility, and whether the group is a fit for hoarding concerns.
Practical and peer support · private-pay pathway · confirm fit, scope, and fees
The Peer Tree
The Peer Tree offers nonclinical hoarding and clutter support, including organizing help, groups, family guidance, and practical next steps. Ask about current availability, service area, scope, pacing, privacy, and fees before beginning. The Peer Tree is a separate private-pay pathway from Fight the Blight's nonprofit programming.
Digital peer support · available online · not therapy or emergency support
Unburied
Unburied, from The Peer Tree, is a judgment-free digital peer-support pathway for people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns and for supporters. It can offer ongoing connection, tools, and momentum from Dover or anywhere else. It is not therapy, clinical care, emergency support, or a city service.