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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.
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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.
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What is the Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Program?
The Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program, as part of the MDHHS works to help identify infants with hearing loss and follows these infants to enrollment of early intervention services. The EHDI program started in 1997 and works in collaboration with hospitals, clinics, parents, and audiologists. The Michigan EHDI Program strives toward achievement of the national EHDI goals that were implemented by the CDC, and state and national agencies.
The first three National EHDI goals are:
1) All newborns will be screened for hearing loss no later than one month of age, preferably before hospital discharge.
2) All infants who screen positive for hearing loss will have a diagnostic audiologic evaluation no later than 3 months of age.
3) All infants identified with hearing loss will receive appropriate early intervention services no later than 6 months of age.
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Epidemiologist: Amy Rakowski
Roles & Responsibilities:
This position provides epidemiological support to the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Programs at the MDHHS. Roles include data management, surveillance of hearing loss, study design and planning, policy and program development, program evaluation, technical expertise and training. Statistical analyses of data for this program are presented in newsletters, updates, presentations, and annual reports. The epidemiologist works to improve data collection and data use to support the functions of this programs. The EHDI Program works toward the National EHDI goals including: 1) all newborns will be screened for hearing loss no later than 1 month of age 2) all infants who screen positive for hearing loss will have a diagnostic audiologic evaluation no later than 3 months of age, and 3) all infants identified with hearing loss will receive appropriate early intervention services no later than 6 months of age.
EHDI Deliverables:
For more information or to request a different format for any EHDI-related publication on this page, please contact: Amy Rakowski.
EHDI Briefs
Michigan Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) 1-3-6 Goals and Loss to Follow-up, 2022
Loss to Follow-up Study Summary, 2016-2021
For previously released reports, please visit the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Epidemiology Archived Reports page.
MDHHS EHDI Program
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