The creation of the Delaware Center for Health Promotion (DCHP) was spearheaded by former Lt. Governor John C. Carney, Jr. in early 2007.

It started out as a joint initiative between the state of Delaware and the University of Delaware. DCHP was created to provide statewide health promotion programing that focuses on health maintenance and illness prevention. Working in conjuntion with the Healthy Delaware Foundation (HDF), programming is offered under the auspices of the HDF slogan, "Be Healthy Delaware."

DCHP staff consists of a full-time director, a part-time UD Graduate Assistant and a part-time administrative assistant.

Since July of 2009, the state of Delaware has been unable to continue its financial support. DCHP receives its funding from the University of Delaware's College of Health Sciences, where it is housed, as well as from corporate contributions made to the Healthy Delaware Foundation.

DCHP is grateful to the following local corporations that have provided financial support to HDF: Christiana Care Health System, Astra Zeneca, Valero, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware.

Contact information:

phone: 302-831-1998

fax: 302-831-8546

e-mail: behealthyde@udel.edu