Useful Contact Information
| EMERGENCY NUMBERS | |
| Police, Fire, Ambulance | 911 |
| Christiana Care Hospital | 302.733.1000 |
| Glasgow Medical Center | 302.836.8350 |
| Delmarva Gas & Electric | 302.454.0317 |
| Poison Information Center | 800.222.1222 |
| Rape Crisis Center | 302.761.9100 |
| Domestic Violence Hotline | 302.762.6110 |
| Suicide Prevention & Crisis | 800.652.2929 |
| Child Abuse Reporting Hotline | 800.292.9582 |
| Nat’I Substance Abuse Hotline | 800.662.4357 |
| CONTACT (24hr Crisis Counseling) | 302.761.9100 |
| DE Crime Stoppers | 800.TIP.3333 |
| DE-211 State & Health Info | 211 |
| Physician’s Referral Service | 302.428.4100 |
| USEFUL NUMBERS | |
| AMTRAK Schedules & Info | 800.872.7245 |
| Appoquinimink School District Office | 302.379.4128 |
| Better Business Bureau | 302.221.5255 |
| Colonial School District Office | 302.323.2700 |
| Environmental Complaints | 800.662.8802 |
| Public Service Commission | 800.282.8574 |
| Smoking Cessation | 866.409.1858 |
| DISABILITIES & SPECIAL NEEDS | |
| Family Shade – Info & Referrals | 855.755.7423 |
| Connect Online: | www.FamilyShade.org |
| STATE GOVERNMENT | |
| Web | www.delaware.gov |
| Board of Elections | 302.577.3464 |
| Consumer Services | |
| – Consumer Affairs & Protection | 302.577.8600 |
| – DE Attorney General | 302.577.8400 |
| – Public Defender’s Office | 302.577.3230 |
| – Probation and Parole | 302.577.3443 |
| – Vital Statistics (birth/death certificates) | 877-888-0248 |
| DART Bus & Rail Schedule Info | 800.652.DART |
| Del DOT | |
| – Real-Time Traveler Information | www.deldot.gov |
| – General Information – Road Maintenance and Mowing | 302.323.1111 |
| – Snow Reimbursement | 302.760.2085 |
| – Traffic Signs | 302.760.2741 |
| State Agency Information | 302.577.1000 |
| Department of Labor | 302.761.8200 |
| Governor’s Office | 302.577.3210 |
| Insurance Commissioner | 800.282.861 1 |
| Medicaid Fraud | 302.577.461 1 |
| Division of Motor Vehicles | 302.434.3200 |
| Division of Revenue | 302.577.8200 |
| Office of Vital Statistics | 302.283.7130 |
| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT | |
| Web | www.usa.gov |
| Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester | 302.830.2330 |
| Senator Christopher Coons | 302.573.6345 |
| Senator Thomas Carper | 302.573.6291 |
| The White House | 202.456.1414 |
| Internal Revenue Service | 800.829-1040 |
| Medicare Part B | 800.633.4227 |
| Social Security | 800.772.1213 |
| COUNTY GOVERNMENT | |
| Web | www.nccde.org |
| County Executive | 302.395.5101 |
| – Dog Licenses | 302.395.5107 |
| – Community Services | |
| – Community Partnership | 302.395.5600 |
| – Neighborhood Rehabilitation | 302.395.5600 |
| – Section 8 | 302.395.5600 |
| – Library Administration | 302.395.5617 |
| – Park Permits/Pavilion Rental | 302.395.5654 |
| – Recreational Programs | 302.395.5696 |
| – Senior Services | 302.395.5652 |
| – Sports and Athletics | 302.573.2043 |
| County Council | 302.395.8385 |
| NCC Complaints & Assistance | 302.395.5555 |
| NCC Taxes & Sewer Billing | 302.323.2600 |
| NCC Park Maintenance | 302.395.5700 |
| Human Resources | 302.395.5180 |
| Land Use | 302.395.5400 |
| Police | |
| – Emergency | 911 |
| – Non-Emergency Number | 302.573.2800 |
| – General Information | 302.395.8171 |
| – Community Services | 302.395.8050 |
| – Family Services | 302.571.7929 |
| – Senior Roll Call | 302.395.8159 |
| – 911 Special Needs Registry | 302.744.2682 |
| Paramedic EMS | |
| Emergency | 911 |
| General Information | 302.395.8184 |
| Treasury | |
| Sewer/Tax Bill Inquiries | 302.323.2600 |
| Senior Tax Exemption | 302.395.5520 |
| Clerk of the Peace | 302.395.7780 |
| Recorder of Deeds | 302.395.7700 |
| Register of Chancery | 302.255.0544 |
| Register of Wills | 302.395.7800 |
| Sheriff | 302.395.8450 |
| OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES | |
| Better Business Bureau | 302.230.0108 |
| Delaware Animal Care and Control | 888-352-7722 |
| Delmarva Power – Electrical Outages, Gas Leaks | 800.375.7117 |
| Hospice Programs | 855.672.2200 |
| Red Cross | 302.656.6620 |
| Salvation Army | 302.656.1696 |
| Social Security Hotline | 302.323.0304 |
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