Michigan's Women, Infants & Children program, providing supplemental nutrition, breastfeeding information, and other resources for healthy mothers & babies.
Information on the Family Independence Program, State Disability Assistance, SSI, Refugee, and other cash assistance.
If you cannot afford child care, payment assistance is available.
Children's Special Health Care Services information and FAQ's.
Information on assistance with home repairs, heat and utility bills, relocation, home ownership, burials, home energy, and eligibility requirements.
Information on the Food Assistance Program, eligibility requirements, and other food resources.
Information about the health care programs available through Medicaid and how to qualify.
Our migrant program works with a number of organizations to provide services for Michigan’s migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
A federal program which helps persons admitted into the U.S. as refugees to become self-sufficient after their arrival.
Universal caseload, or task-based processing, is a different way of handling public assistance cases.
Information on the Children's Protective Services Program, child abuse reporting procedures, and help for parents in caring for their children.
Information on adoption programs, adoption resources, locating birth parents and obtaining information from adoption records.
Information on Adult Protective Services, Independent Living Services, Adult Community Placement Services, and HIV/AIDS Support Services.
Information on child support services for participants and partners.
Programs for healthy children & families, including immunization, lead poisoning prevention, prenatal smoking cessation, and many others.
Information on the Children's Foster Care program and becoming a Foster Parent.
Information about the Michigan law that requires certain information be made available to a woman who is seeking an abortion at least 24 hours prior to the abortion procedure.
Information on treatment and services for juvenile offenders, success stories, and more.
Child Welfare Medical and Behavioral Health Resources
MDHHS and partners support a continuum of prevention services. The continuum is inclusive of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention activities. Visit this page to learn more.
Information about injury and violence prevention programs in Michigan
Information on Safe Sleep for your baby, how to protect your baby's life.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' (MDHHS) Environmental Health Bureau (EHB) uses the best available science to reduce, eliminate, or prevent harm from environmental, chemical, and physical hazards.
Information, sources of data and resources to support Firearm Injury Prevention efforts across the state of Michigan.
Medical Resources for Child Protection
Serves as liaison and provides funding to Michigan’s 45 local health departments.
Adult Behavioral Health & Developmental Disability Services
Information and resources for development of Plans of Safe Care.
Multicultural Health
Prevention of diseases & conditions such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes and many others.
Information on communicable & chronic diseases.
Home to an array of public health programs, initiatives and interventions aimed at improving the health and well-being of women, infants, families and communities.
Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Records
Boards and Commissions
Bridge Card Participation Information on Electronic Benefits for clients and businesses, lists of participating retailers and ATMs, and QUEST.
Provider Payments Information on the direct deposit of State of Michigan payments into a provider's bank account.
Information on How to Bid, Requests for Proposals, forms and publications, contractor rates, and manuals.
Information & resources for Community and Faith-Based partners
Information on DHS Applications and Forms grouped by category.
State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP)
Health Care Providers
Licensing information for Adult Foster Care and Homes for the Aged, Child Day Care Facilities, Child Caring Institutions, Children's Foster Care Homes, Child Placing Agencies, Juvenile Court Operated Facilities and Children's or Adult Foster Care Camps.
Michigan Statewide Systems of Care
Information on the grant awarded for the State Innovation Model Proposal
Protect MiFamily -Title IV-E Waiver
Offers resources for agencies who operate the Weatherization Assistance Program in the state of Michigan
Information on resources in your community and volunteer recruitment and training, and services provided at local DHS offices.
Information is collected to monitor the general health and well-being of Michigan citizens.
Equal Opportunity, Legal Base, Laws and Reporting Welfare Fraud information.
A variety of reports & statistics for programs and services.
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February 17, 2009
The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (2006) requires each state to meet critical benchmarks and standards in their pandemic preparedness and operational readiness. In March 2008, the federal government released their Federal Guidance to Assist States in Improving State-Level Pandemic Influenza Operating Plans. This document outlined three strategic goals as an overarching framework for the various functions of state government during a pandemic: ensure continuity of operations of state agencies and continuity of state government, protect citizens, and sustain/support critical infrastructure and key resource sectors.
In July 2008, Michigan submitted its Pandemic Influenza State Operational Plan to the federal government for review. In all, the federal government assessed Michigan's pandemic preparedness against twenty-five operating objectives. In January 2009, the federal government released their report to the Homeland Security Council: Assessment of States' Operating Plans to Combat Pandemic Influenza. Michigan achieved and overall score of 71 percent, met or exceeded the national average in twenty-four out of twenty-five operating objectives, and proved its pandemic operational readiness.
Michigan scored in the 90th percentile or above in several pandemic planning areas: medical countermeasures, sustainable transportation, community mitigation strategies, the integration of foreign diplomatic missions, and public safety and law enforcement. Other areas where the federal government assessed Michigan's pandemic preparedness included continuity of operations and government, surveillance and laboratory capability, community mitigation related to schools, mass vaccination, communications, critical infrastructure and key resources, and integration with other agencies' planning.
The federal government also assessed Michigan's operational readiness for a pandemic. This single rating determined whether or not Michigan had sufficiently tested its pandemic response capability. Michigan achieved a rating of "substantial evidence of operational readiness".
Michigan's Pandemic Influenza Coordinating Committee (PICC), established in 2006, meets regularly to ensure a coordinated and progressive state operating plan. The PICC membership includes all state-level agencies, local representatives, and tribal delegates. Through this collaborative planning and partnership, Michigan continues to lead the nation in public health preparedness initiatives.
For more information, please contact the Director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness, Dr. Jacqueline Scott, at (517) 335-8150.