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.
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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.
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Programs for healthy children & families, including immunization, lead poisoning prevention, prenatal smoking cessation, and many others.
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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.
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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.
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Serves as liaison and provides funding to Michigan’s 45 local health departments.
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Prevention of diseases & conditions such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes and many others.
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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.
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Information on the grant awarded for the State Innovation Model Proposal
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Offers resources for agencies who operate the Weatherization Assistance Program in the state of Michigan
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Information is collected to monitor the general health and well-being of Michigan citizens.
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December 03, 2008
The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) Director's Award to Local Public Health Departments (LPHD) celebrated its silver anniversary, 25 years since award inception. All LPHDs are eligible and applicant winners must demonstrate innovation and excellence in public health. Applications are evaluated on the criteria of positive outcome in health status, collaboration, resource sharing, ability to be replicated, and program cost effectiveness.
City of Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion was the top recipient of $5,000 for their coordination of Project Fresh Start which focuses on giving a second chance to women convicted of prostitution charges in Wayne County's judicial system. Fresh Start enables women with high-risk behaviors to obtain critical health and social service resources to assist them in recovery and reunification with their children. By addressing the entire scope of unmet need for these women, the project has contributed to lower recidivism and relapse rates, has kept them off the streets, on the road to recovery and family reunification.
Application reviewers expressed the Detroit program as a "great model for integrating public health services into the lives of prostitutes in an effort to improve their health and prevent illness, but also to address substance abuse issues and assist to make positive changes in women's lives".
The Van Buren/Cass District Health Department received $3,000 for second place for their innovation and collaborative spirit in the New Directions: Van Buren County Methamphetamine Treatment Program. District Health Department #10 came in third and received $1,500 for their leadership in initiating and sustaining the Colorectal Cancer Early Detection Project.
Award recipients were announced and received at an Awards Reception held October 15, 2008 during the annual Premier Public Health Conference at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Kalamazoo. Janet Olszewski, Director, Michigan Department of Community Health presented the awards. Director Olszewski announced at the ceremony that the "2008 proposals represented a very competitive set of applications" from both rural and urban Michigan communities.
It was clearly demonstrated in the award recipients along with those applications submitted, collaborations with stakeholders and partners are the key to facilitate positive changes with limited resources. Resources may be tight statewide but that has not presently a barrier to good work.