When someone you love in Dover will not accept help, a professionally led intervention gives your family a calm, prepared way to ask.
A drug and alcohol interventionist prepares the family, arranges treatment in advance and leads the conversation that asks a loved one to accept help. We do this for families in Dover, from Camden to Felton, traveling in through Philadelphia International Airport (PHL).
We work with families across the area, including:
If your son or daughter studies at Delaware State University, Delaware Technical Community College or Wilmington University, we can time the plan around the academic calendar.
Flying in. Philadelphia International Airport (PHL).
Local crisis and access line. Mobile Crisis Intervention Services, Southern Delaware (24/7, Kent and Sussex): 302-424-5550.
Public behavioral health. Delaware Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH).
Treatment court. Delaware Superior Court Drug Court Program (Kent County).
Family support. NAMI Delaware and Delaware Al-Anon Family Groups.
Emergency. Call 911 if a loved one is in immediate danger. Call or text 988 for an emotional crisis.
Who is in the room, what each person says, which program holds a bed. See the full steps.
Your interventionist flies into Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) and meets the family before the intervention.
Sober transport to a program near Dover or out of state.
In Kent County, public behavioral health services run through Delaware Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH).
Delaware's Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health supports drug court diversion programs statewide, linking eligible court participants with assessment and treatment instead of incarceration (source).
Kent County's Bridge Clinic at the James W. Williams State Service Center, 805 River Rd., Dover, offers walk-in addiction screening, free naloxone, medication for opioid use disorder and peer support (source).
Dover's free harm reduction vending machine at Brandywine Counseling & Community Services, 698 S. Bay Road, dispenses naloxone around the clock (source).
Delaware Superior Court Drug Court Program (Kent County) can connect treatment with a legal case.
NAMI Delaware and Delaware Al-Anon Family Groups offer meetings and education for relatives.
In limited cases. Delaware's involuntary treatment law for substance abuse (Del. Code Ann. tit. 16, §§ 2211 to 2223) can order treatment when strict legal conditions are met. More detail: alcohol intervention in Delaware and drug intervention in Delaware.
Immediate danger: call 911. Emotional crisis: call or text 988.
For Dover, Mobile Crisis Intervention Services, Southern Delaware (24/7, Kent and Sussex) answers at 302-424-5550, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
See every community on our Delaware interventionists page.
Yes. Our professional interventionists travel to families in Dover and Kent County, usually through Philadelphia International Airport (PHL). Planning starts by phone or video, so your family can begin right away.
Call 911 if anyone is in immediate danger. For Dover, Mobile Crisis Intervention Services, Southern Delaware (24/7, Kent and Sussex) answers at 302-424-5550, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
Start with Delaware Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH).
Yes. Delaware Superior Court Drug Court Program (Kent County) connects treatment with a criminal case. An intervention can often move someone into treatment before a case starts.
NAMI Delaware and Delaware Al-Anon Family Groups offer meetings and education for relatives.
One confidential conversation with a professional interventionist. No pressure, no obligation. We'll help you find the right next step for your family.
