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.
Search is currently unavailable. Please try again later.
The web Browser you are currently using is unsupported, and some features of this site may not work as intended. Please update to a modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox or Edge to experience all features Michigan.gov has to offer.
September 03, 2008
LANSING - On Sept. 5, 2008 (8 P.M. EDT), the three major television networks, CBS, ABC, and NBC, will collaborate to air a commercial-free, primetime hour dedicated to an interactive, national telethon aimed at increasing cancer awareness and raising funds to support life-saving research. This unprecedented volunteer collaboration among all three networks aims to unite the nation to Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and is supported by the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH).
This interactive television special will include:
- Performances by legendary recording artists, such as Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Ethridge, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Keyshia Cole, Ciara, Leona Lewis, Leann Rimes, and Carrie Underwood.
- More than 50 of the biggest names in TV, film, sports, and music will participate in the live phone bank, answering calls from viewers who want to donate. SU2C plans to auction celebrity video chats where viewers will have the opportunity to chat in real time with film and television stars.
- Segments on cutting-edge research - reported by network news anchors Katie Couric, Charles Gibson, and Brian Williams - that will include intimate dialogue with the renowned scientists who are making the potentially life-saving discoveries.
- Celebrity performances and participation in special live and filmed pieces designed to educate, inspire and entertain.
"Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States, exceeded only by heart disease," said MDCH Director Janet Olszewski. "Stand Up To Cancer is a historical event that not only heightens awareness about this devastating disease, but it will enable cutting-edge research aimed at finding a cure to all types of cancer."
The American Cancer Society estimates that 51,150 Michiganders will be diagnosed with cancer in 2008 with 21,210 cancer deaths occurring in our state. MDCH is committed to the fight against cancer and is working to reduce the human and economic burden of this disease with state programs including Michigan's Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program (BCCCP), the Michigan Colorectal Cancer Screening Program, and the Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Control Program implemented in partnership with the Michigan Cancer Consortium (MCC). Experts are available upon request to speak about these programs. For more information about the BCCCP, please visit: www.michigancancer.org/bcccp. Please visit www.michigancancer.org to learn more about the MCC, its priorities, and membership information. For more information about SU2C, please visit: http://www.standup2cancer.org/.