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Printer Friendly    Text Version  Email Page Child Welfare Services Michigan's Department of Human Services provides for public child welfare services that include protective services, foster care, juvenile justice and adoption. DHS provides these services statewide to families and children. Select a question below. Keep a sleeping infant safe?Adopt a child?Become a licensed child care provider?Become a foster parent?Report child abuse?Pay child support?Report welfare fraud?Help locate missing children?Find information on being a mandated reporter?Apply for food assistance?Find programs for youth?File a licensing complaint?Get help from domestic violence?Report abuse of a vulnerable adult?Surrender my newborn safely?Apply for cash assistance?Apply for home heating assistance?Apply for child care assistance? Select from popular publications. Child Deaths in Michigan-2006Infant Safe Sleep BrochureProvider Handbook and Reporting Instructions for Child Care Providers - DHS Pub-230 Child Protection Law - DHS Pub-3Food Assistance Benefits in Michigan - DHS Pub-16Domestic Violence Survivors Legal Handbook - DHS Pub-78 A Guide For Caregiving Families - DHS Pub-165Never Shake a Baby Brochure - CTF Pub-213 (2007)Dads Make a Difference - DHS Pub-233Reporting Changes on Your Assistance Case - DHS Pub-280Relative Caregiver Resources & Responsibilities - DHS Pub-457 Parent's Guide to Children's Protective Services - DHS Pub-460What You Need to Know About the DHS Pub-467State Emergency Relief Program, DHS Pub-563Children Need a Loving Home - Share Yours, Become a Foster Parent - DHS Pub-650Understanding Child Support: A Handbook for Parents - DHS Pub-748What Every Parent Should Know About Establishing Paternity - DHS Pub-780Adopting a Child in Michigan - DHS Pub-823 4 Steps to Choosing Quality Child Care - Parent's Checklist - DHS Pub-836Is Someone Hurting You or Your Children? - DHS Pub-859 Family Matters-Keeping Children Safe - DHS Pub-881Recommendations for Coordination between Friends of the Court and CPS Select from often needed forms. Assistance Application (DHS-1171)Original License Application PacketRequest for Central Registry Clearance - DHS-194Day Care Aide Provider Application - DHS-220-ARelative Care Provider Application - DHS-220-RReport Actual or Suspected Child Abuse or Neglect - DHS-3200Child Development and Care Application - DHS-4583 Children's Protective Services Foster Care Adoption Youth Programs Juvenile Justice Assistance Programs Foster Home and Child Care Licensing Other Services Including Safe Sleep, Safe Delivery, Migrant, Refugee, Native American

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