Michigan's Women, Infants & Children program, providing supplemental nutrition, breastfeeding information, and other resources for healthy mothers & babies.
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If you cannot afford child care, payment assistance is available.
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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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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.
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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.
The Division of Victim Services (DVS) provides a voice advocating for and responding to all victims of crime in Michigan. Learn more about DVS-funded programs and services, including Michigan’s 24/7, free, confidential, and anonymous domestic violence and sexual assault hotlines.
Medical Resources for Child Protection
Serves as liaison and provides funding to Michigan’s 45 local health departments.
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Prevention of diseases & conditions such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes and many others.
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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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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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For general information about the NEAR Collaborative, its activities, and how you can get involved with our work, please e-mail us at MDHHS-NEARCollaborative@michigan.gov.
Are you interested in joining the Collaborative? Read our NEAR Collaborative Member Guidelines
(March 2025) for information about our membership criteria, the ideal Collaborative member characteristics, our member expectations, and our Collaboration's current work groups.
For more specific information about the responsibilities of the NEAR Collaborative work groups and Thought Leaders, follow the links below.
Click on the topics below to learn more about the Collaborative's four work groups, what they do, and how you can get involved.
The NEAR Communications & Technology Work Group is dedicated to ensuring that NEAR Collaborative partners have access to the appropriate materials to effectively spread awareness about NEAR, trauma, and toxic stress with colleagues and other interested individuals.
To learn more about this work group's activities and/or inquire about joining it, please e-mail us at MDHHS-NEARCollaborative@michigan.gov.
The NEAR Collaborative Membership & Orientation Work Group recruits, orients and retains engaged partners of the NEAR Collaborative.
To learn more about this work group's activities and/or inquire about joining it, please e-mail us at MDHHS-NEARCollaborative@michigan.gov.
The NEAR Collaborative Policy & Advocacy Work Group develops and advocates within Michigan state systems for inclusive, equitable policies and evidence-based interventions that emphasize early intervention and are designed to break the cycles of the adverse impacts of trauma. The members of this work group collaborate to raise awareness and drive responsive action by decision makers leading to systemic change within state systems.
To learn more about this work group's activities and/or inquire about joining it, please e-mail us at MDHHS-NEARCollaborative@michigan.gov.
The NEAR Collaborative Training, Evaluation & Data Work Group utilizes a cross-collaboration approach to review, develop and modify materials and opportunities that can enhance and support trauma responsivity within state systems. Members also review and ensure alignment between the Trauma Informed Road Map for State Systems, learning objectives, trainings, supplemental resources, and the Trauma Responsive Organizational Systems (TROS) assessment.
To learn more about this work group's activities and/or inquire about joining it, please e-mail us at MDHHS-NEARCollaborative@michigan.gov.
Open the menu items below to learn what a NEAR Collaborative Thought Partner is, what Thought Partners do, and and how you can become a Thought Partner.
In February 2018, key leaders within Michigan state government participated in the Guiding NEAR Training Series, which included three six-hour workshops. The Training Series focused on NEAR (neuroscience, epigenetics, adverse childhood experiences [ACEs], and resilience) science, as well as strategies for applying these concepts into state-led activities, programs and policies.
Those key state leaders agreed to be thought partners to help expand activities, programs and policies across Michigan that could help prevent and address ACEs, trauma, and toxic stress among our residents.
Today, the NEAR Collaborative is guided by a Steering Committee and the leaders who serve as NEAR Collaborative Thought Partners, which include individuals at all levels within our state systems who are committed to advancing the Collaborative's mission and vision and addressing ACEs, trauma, and toxic stress utilizing upstream approaches.
Would you like to know more about becoming a NEAR Collaborative Thought Partner? Please e-mail us at MDHHS-NEARCollaborative@michigan.gov.