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
Boards and Commissions
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)
Health Care Providers
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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Michigan’s child welfare improvement effort is led by the Division of Continuous Quality Improvement. To ensure high quality child welfare services are provided, Michigan’s process incorporates expertise from diverse reviewers from the field, as well as feedback from parents, caregivers, service providers and youth, when appropriate.
Our staff develops and tests review protocols used to measure performance. Reviewers include MDHHS and private agency staff and community stakeholders as well as division staff. The division’s Data Management Unit collaborates with Quality Assurance staff to analyze data on the quality of services.
All states are required to undergo CQI processes defined at the federal level. Michigan meets the federal requirements through the following processes:
Child and Family Services Review: A comprehensive federal review of the entire child welfare system in the state, including a statewide self-assessment, on-site review and stakeholder interviews and focus groups. Michigan has undergone Child and Family Services Reviews in 2002 and 2009, and most recently in August 2018. Learn more about the federal Child and Family Services Review.
Child and Family Services Plan: To receive federal funding for child welfare services under title IV-B of the federal Social Security Act, a state must submit five-year Child and Family Services Plans and Annual Progress and Services Reports. The Child and Family Services Plan is a strategic plan that outlines initiatives and activities that the state will carry out over the next five years to administer and integrate programs and services that promote the safety, permanency and well-being of children and families. The Annual Progress and Services Report provides an annual update on the progress made toward the goals and objectives in their Child and Family Services Plans and outlines the planned activities for the upcoming fiscal year. View Child & Family Services State Plans and Annual Progress and Services Reports.
For additional information on the Child and Family Service Review, please click to Learn more and review CFSR reports.
Quality Service Review: This provides a review of ongoing Children’s Protective Services and foster care cases to examine what is working in local communities and identify the challenges to effective practice to ensure children and families benefit from intervention in measurable ways. The case selection process is tailored to mirror the composition of cases proportionate to the public/private foster care split in each county.
It examines the status of the child and caregivers during and after service delivery and determines overall status and practice ratings using a six-point scale. Local communities receive feedback from the QSR assessment and assistance to address practice challenges revealed in the Quality Service Review. These reviews are scheduled on a rotating basis.
Quality Assurance Compliance Review: This review was developed to measure compliance with the Implementation, Sustainability and Exit Plan and new and modified policies and laws, as well as address input from stakeholders. Reviews are conducted twice each year to track compliance and identify areas where technical assistance is needed. The Quality Assurance Compliance Review instrument is modified as needed to ensure practice in the field matches best practices as identified by Strengthening Our Focus on Children and Families sub-teams and other stakeholders. Learn more about the Implementation, Sustainability and Exit Plan.
For more information, email us at MDHHS-DCQI-CQI@michigan.gov.