• Governor's Task Force
In December 1991, Governor John Engler appointed the Governor's Task Force on Children's Justice (Task Force) with Honorable Elizabeth A. Weaver, then of the Michigan Court of Appeals, as Chairperson. T ...

• Child Placement Network
In January 2005, as part of child welfare reform in Wayne County, a team comprised of Department of Human Services (DHS) managers, DHS front line staff, foster parents, and private agency staff was ...

• Medical Resource System
The Department of Human Services has a contract with DeVos' Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids to ensure access to a Medical Resource System (MRS).

• Race Equity
In March 2006, MDHS in compliance with a state legislative mandate released a major report, Equity: Moving toward Better Outcomes for All of Michigan's Children, examining why African American children ...

• Treatment Foster Care
Michigan's Treatment Foster Care Program will provide family-based treatment to children with serious to severe emotional and behavioral disturbance who must be placed outside the parental or placement ...

• State Permanency Taskforce for Foster Care Youth
In January of 2006, Marianne Udow, Director of the Michigan DHS, and Maura Corrigan, Michigan Supreme Court Justice, convened a statewide permanency taskforce.

• Child Death Review Teams
In cooperation, the Department of Community Health and the Department of Human Services established Child Death Review Teams in all 83 counties.