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 is collected to monitor the general health and well-being of Michigan citizens.
Information on resources in your community and volunteer recruitment and training, and services provided at local DHS offices.
Equal Opportunity, Legal Base, Laws and Reporting Welfare Fraud information.
A variety of reports & statistics for programs and services.
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Tribal Government Services and Policy is a new Division created within the MDHHS Director’s office effective October 1, 2022. It is currently staffed by Lorna Elliott-Egan, Director of Tribal Government Services and Policy plus Analyst Isabelle Welsh. This office acts as the primary point of access for all tribal governments and Native American individuals seeking information or assistance about or from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
The primary function of this division is to provide guidance to the Department Director, Senior Deputies, and staff across the department to make sure that all are in compliance with treaty and legal obligations to Michigan’s 12 federally recognized tribal governments. Additionally, services to Native American individuals needing assistance navigating MDHHS services or administrations will be provided. Mandatory annual training is developed and deployed to all MDHHS employees by this division in compliance with Executive Directive 2019-17.
For more information or assistance: MDHHS-Tribal@michigan.gov
Federal and state governments are required by various Tribal Treaties and laws to consult with federally recognized tribal governments within their jurisdictions related to the provision for tribal citizens’ health education and welfare. In compliance with Executive Directive 2019-17, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services policy for formal Tribal Consultation was published in July, 2020. This policy was developed with assistance and feedback from individuals representing federally recognized Michigan tribes in response to an invitation to help create the department’s new policy.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Tribal Consultation Policy guides how executive-level consultation between federally recognized tribal governments and the MDHHS Director or their designated representatives shall conduct a formal consultation with one or more tribes or federally recognized Urban Indian Organization. While the department works on a day-to-day basis in partnership with tribal governments and the staff that work for them to identify and solve problems together, from time to time issues arise where compromise is not reached. On those occasions, a consultation between tribal leaders and the department Director or their designee may be invoked by either party.
When a federally recognized Michigan Tribe or American Indian Health and Family Services that wishes to initiate a formal Tribal Consultation or discuss issues of concern, they should email MDHHS-Tribal@Michigan.gov as well as the Director of Tribal Government Services & Policy at elliott-eganl@michigan.gov.
The current MDHHS Tribal Consultation Policy can be viewed here: