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) Division of Environmental Health (DEH) uses the best available science to reduce, eliminate, or prevent harm from environmental, chemical, and physical hazards.
Resources and information to assist in assuring firearm safety for families in 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.
Adult Behavioral Health & Developmental Disability Services
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
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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.
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)
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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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The resources below outline the components of trauma-informed organizations and provide guidance for incorporating those components in policies and practices. For presentations about trauma, its impact and trauma informed care for children of different ages, see the Trauma and Its Impact section of our website.
Guidelines for building adult capacities from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard
A resource to promote partnerships between trauma-informed service providers and the youth, families and caregivers receiving services.
The guide helps professionals learn about trauma-informed care and helps those currently engaged in trauma-informed work to impreve their practice.
Guidelines for improving outcomes from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard
A psychometrically-validated instrument that measures the levels of trauma-informed care in health and human service organizations.
Sample policy that can be implemented to support trauma-informed care and practices in a variety of service sectors.
Curricula and training programs available for a variety of audiences.
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services offers a structured method for determining capacities, strengths and gaps for incorporating a trauma-informed approach into all levels of organizational functioning.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network documents and resources developed by the NCTSN Trauma-Informed Service System working group.
Prepared by SAMHSA’s Trauma and Justice Strategic Initiative, this resource provides a working concept of trauma and a trauma-informed approach in order to develop a shared understanding of these concepts that would be acceptable and appropriated across an array of service systems and stakeholder groups.
JBS International, Inc. and Georgetown University National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health offer a comprehensive web-based, video-enhanced resource tool that tells a story of implementation of trauma informed services and offers guidance and resources.
Futures Without Violence offer a webinar that introduces a process for building an equitable and trauma informed training institute
Futures Without Violence offer a webinar that highlights 2 empirically supported measures of trauma-informed practice
A psychometrically-valid measure of professional and paraprofessional attitudes towards trauma-informed care (TIC)
Contains facilitator resources to build the capacity of helping professionals, caregivers and the systems in which they serve.
Resources, including a brief, infographic and fact sheet developed by the Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
A documentary film that depicts the dramatic emotional costs experienced by professional providers. It probes the emotionally risky aspects of professional caregiving and public service.
A theory, model and assessment measure of the negative and positive effects of helping other who experience suffering and trauma.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network provides definition, symptoms, strategies, prevention and resources.
Volk, K., Guarino, K., Grandin, M. & Clervil, R; National Center on Family Homelessness, A tool to help human service workers take care of themselves, their families and their organizations
This Futures Without Violence webinar introduces concept of secondary trauma and how to identify it, also discusses resiliency and way to increase it.