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Child & Adolescent Health
Division of Child & Adolescent Health
The Division of Child & Adolescent Health (DCAH) provides an array of public health programs, initiatives and interventions aimed at promoting the health and well-being of young children, the K-12 population including adolescents, and young adults. Our goal is to work across systems and with our state and community partners to ensure that infants grow and thrive throughout childhood, adolescence and successfully transition into adulthood with optimal physical and social-emotional health and wellness.
The DCAH is comprised of the Early Childhood Health Section, the Child, Adolescent, and School Health Section, and the Oral Health Unit. Some of the key programs and initiatives of this Division include:
- Local Maternal & Child Health
- Local Health Department - Medicaid Outreach
- Evidence-Based Prevention Focused Home Visiting
- Early On® Public Health Consultation
- Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge
- Adolescent Mental Health Initiative
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention & Young Parent Support
- Enhanced Trauma and Toxic Stress
- Michigan Model for Health™
- Comprehensive School Health - The Whole Child Approach
- Child & Adolescent Health Centers
- School Wellness Programs
- School based Hearing & Vision Programs
- School Nursing
- VARNISH! Babies Too Program
- SEAL! Michigan
- Perinatal Oral Health Initiative
- Michigan HIV Dental Program
- Mobile Dentistry & PA 161 Public Dental Prevention Programs
- Community Water Fluoridation
- Telehealth
What's New
Contact
Carrie Tarry, MPH, Director
Division of Child & Adolescent Health