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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.
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.
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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) 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.
Medical Resources for Child Protection
Serves as liaison and provides funding to Michigan’s 45 local health departments.
Adult Behavioral Health & Developmental Disability Services
Information and resources for development of Plans of Safe Care.
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.
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Information & resources for Community and Faith-Based partners
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State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP)
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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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This page is intended for Home Help Agency providers. An agency provider is defined by MDHHS as an organization or an employer of two or more individual providers.
Due to a shift in funding for the current fiscal year, the Michigan Department of Health and Human services will no longer be able to award a second year of respite to eligible Home Help clients and their live-in caregivers. We recognize that some people received approval for funding but were unable to utilize the funds during the approval period. These individuals will no longer be able to receive extensions for respite services.
Effective October 14, 2025, the Home Help Respite and Caregiver Support Grant is no longer accepting new applications for respite funding. Applications received on or before October 14, 2025, will continue to be reviewed and processed in the order received until remaining funds have been fully distributed. Approved respite applications will have an approval period that ends February 28, 2026.
Billing for Home Help Respite Services
As a reminder, respite services can be billed monthly after all services for the month have been provided. All invoices must be submitted as soon as possible, but no later than 60 days after services are provided. Respite services provided prior to September 30, 2025, must be billed no later than November 30, 2025. February 2026 services must be billed no later than April 30, 2026, to guarantee payment. Respite services provided after February 28, 2026, will not be paid due to the program ending.
Completed invoices must be emailed to MDHHS-BPHASA-HomeHelp-Respite-Payments@michigan.gov or faxed to 1-517-763-0101.
Agencies seeking to provide services in the Home Help program must be approved by MDHHS before they can bill for Home Help services and receive the approved provider agency rate. Click any of the hyperlinks for additional information about the indicated process step. For a complete understanding of the Agency enrollment process to become a CHAMPS-enrolled and approved Home Help Agency provider review this presentation and recording.
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2025 Bimonthly Agency Meeting Dates
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is hosting a series of bi-monthly touch point meetings with Home Help Agency Providers to review Home Help policies, share updates, discuss operational concerns, and answer questions about the steps we can take together to provide high-quality care to Home Help clients. We ask that if you are a first-time user of Adobe Connect, you take the time before the training to review the user guide and perform a URL connection test to ensure you will be able to view and hear the webinar.
The times listed below are Eastern Standard Time (EST)
| Date | Time | Agenda | Registration Link |
| December 11, 2025 | 2:00 to 3:00 PM | TBD | Click here to register for December |