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) Environmental Health Bureau (EHB) 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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September 06, 2007
September 6, 2007
Through the efforts of the Office of Public Health Preparedness (OPHP), created by the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH), in partnership with the State Bureaus of Epidemiology and Laboratory, Michigan has become a leading state in emergency preparedness as September is recognized as National Preparedness Month.
"Since the events of September 11, 2001, our emergency preparedness efforts have greatly increased," said Governor Jennifer M. Granholm. "Effective planning and preparation can help ensure Michigan citizens are safe in a time of emergency."
One key resource for Michigan citizens is the OPHP maintained web site www.michigan.gov/prepare, which is specifically designed to provide proactive emergency planning information for individuals, families, and businesses. The site offers citizens the latest available information on family preparedness, chemical, biological, and radiological emergencies, and natural disasters (including severe weather). The site also features state resources, as well as links to other federal assets, that are considered essential for comprehensive family emergency preparedness.
As another preparedness resource, MDCH and the Michigan Association of Local Public Health (MALPH) debuted "Pandemic Flu and You", a new public health publication, which is designed to give Michigan citizens proactive information regarding the potential health threat of pandemic influenza. The document can be accessed at www.michigan.gov/flu and provides citizens pandemic flu facts, advice for practicing good hygiene to reduce the risks related to and spread of influenza, and information about pandemic influenza prevention and treatment.
In addition to creating various virtual and print resources, MDCH has made significant enhancements to state and local public health readiness programs that distribute medicines, promote effective and efficient coordination of response activities among, federal, state, regional and local response partners, and which assure the provision of essential public health and health care services to the public in the event of a public health emergency. One enhancement in particular, the Michigan Health Alert Network (MI-HAN), is a secure notification system that allows health officials, healthcare organizations, and first responders from across the state to quickly and efficiently communicate with each other during an emergency.
The MI Volunteer Registry (www.MIVolunteerRegistry.org), also initiated by MDCH, is an online database that functions as a central location for volunteer information collection, credentialing, and communications. The registry helps hospitals, healthcare organizations, local public health and traditional public safety responders meet their volunteer needs when local resources are exhausted.
MDCH and its public health emergency response partners train and regularly conduct exercises to test emergency response plans, procedures and personnel. Response performance is evaluated and operational procedures are enhanced in a continuous effort to maintain the highest level of state readiness.
Michigan is proud of the status of health preparedness and will continue to work to plan, train and exercise programs statewide.