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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The MDHHS Asthma Program works to help people with asthma and the health professionals who care for them by creating tools, connecting people to resources and encouraging asthma-friendly policies.
A spacer (or valved-holding chamber) attaches to the inhaler. It holds the cloud of medicine in the chamber long enough for you to inhale it in one or two slow, deep breaths.
It may seem like carrying and using a spacer is more trouble than it's worth, but studies show that much more of the inhaler medication gets to the lungs (known as deposition) when using a spacer than without one. Learn more about spacers.
All quick-relief inhalers should be used with a spacer, and many of the long-term controller medications need them, too. Check to see if your inhaler needs a spacer.
If you are a member of any Michigan Medicaid health plan or are on straight Medicaid (fee for service), you can have up to 4 spacers/VHCs each year, at the pharmacy, with no prior authorization. Fee for service members can have any device that is Aerochamber® brand.
This infographic tells why spacers are important and how to get one through a Medicaid health plan.
Michigan public and nonpublic school children, under certain conditions, are allowed by law to carry and self-administer prescribed asthma and allergy medications on school grounds and during school-sponsored activities. This legislation ensure that students with asthma and allergies have immediate access to life-saving medications.
Specifically, the law does the following:
Permits a student to possess and use a metered dose inhaler or dry powder inhaler to alleviate asthma symptoms, or before exercise to prevent the onset of these symptoms at school or school sponsored activities and programs (e.g., school sponsored transportation; activities, events, or programs in which the student's school is participating). A student may also carry an epinephrine auto-injector or epinephrine inhaler to treat anaphylaxis. In order for the student to possess and use their inhaler, the student must have written permission from his or her physician, and parent (if under 18), and the principal must have copies of both approvals.
Michigan Law allows students to carry a rescue inhaler in school to treat asthma symptoms, as long as certain conditions are met.
Learn more about the conditions and the law with this Fact Sheet.
The FLARE plan is a comprehensive and concise tool to help emergency department patients receive discharge instructions based on the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) asthma guidelines for asthma management. It has been distributed to all Michigan EDs, and has been adopted by three national EMR companies. The instructions include:
Does your local hospital use guideline-based discharge instructions? If not, recommend the FLARE.
Serving adults and children, the MATCH model of home-based asthma case management includes physician care and school/work visits, carried out by certified asthma educators, and social work involvement. Programs are reimbursed for services by some health plans.
This model of care is available in the Grand Rapids, Flint, Detroit, Ann Arbor and Lansing areas; new programs are in the planning stages.
You are eligible for this service based on the number of hospital or Emergency Department (ED) admissions, unscheduled physician visits, and missed days of school or work. Clients who have gone through this program experience:
For a comprehensive look at MATCH, including detailed information on outcomes and sustainability, download the MATCH whitepaper.
The Asthma Guideline Implementation Steps & Tools (GIST) project was funded in 2010 by the National Asthma Control Initiative (NACI) to develop a program that makes it easier for primary care clinicians to use the NHLBI asthma guidelines in their everyday care of patients with asthma. The Michigan Department of Community Health gathered a statewide team of experts in asthma and practice redesign, and created a set of tools and a program to implement them.
GIST includes patient and provider diagnosis tools, provider follow-up tool, stepwise management tool and many more resources.
Asthma Program, Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Control