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.
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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Cancer is a disease in which cells grow out of control. When cancer starts in the colon or rectum, it is called colorectal cancer. Sometimes, it is called colon cancer for short. The colon is the large intestine or large bowel. The rectum is the tube that connects the colon to the anus (the end of the large intestine, where food waste exits from the body).
Together, Michigan Colorectal Cancer Control Program (MI CRCCP) staff and their partners work to increase and improve the quality of colorectal cancer screening and follow-up testing in health systems and primary care clinics serving populations who are medically underserved.
This page provides information about colorectal cancer risk factors, screening recommendations, MI CRCCP strategies and accomplishments, and links to a variety of resources that can be used to promote colorectal cancer prevention, screening, and follow-up testing.
If you are not able to find what you are looking for or have additional questions about MI CRCCP and its work, please email us at cancer@michigan.gov.
The Michigan Colorectal Cancer Control Program staff take the program's giant inflatable colon to events throughout the state. For more information, visit the "Community Engagement Through the Inflatable Colon" section on this page. Your risk of getting colorectal cancer increases as you get older.
Other risk factors include having:
Lifestyle factors that may contribute to an increased risk of colorectal cancer include:
If you are 45 years old or older, colorectal cancer screening should occur prior to symptoms beginning. Symptoms of colorectal cancer can include:
If you have any of these symptoms, talk to your doctor. These symptoms may be caused by something other than cancer, but the only way to know is by talking to your doctor.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force) recommends that adults age 45 to 75 be screened for colorectal cancer. The decision to be screened between ages 76 and 85 should be made on an individual basis.
If you are older than 75, talk to your doctor about screening.
People at an increased risk of getting colorectal cancer should talk to their doctor about when to begin screening, which test is right for them, and how often to get tested.
Screening tests include:
If you would like to have the MDHHS Cancer Section Inflatable Colon at an event, view this flyer.
Michigan Colorectal Cancer Control Program (CRCCP) posters promoting screening and early detection:
The purpose of the MI CRCCP is to implement evidence-based interventions (EBIs) to increase and improve the quality of Colorectal Cancer screening and follow-up testing in health systems and primary care clinics serving populations who are medically underserved.
Strategies/activities of the MI CRCCP include:
Program Success Stories are an important way to share information about the work community partners are doing in Michigan. The following Success Stories describe activities community partners have implemented to increase colorectal cancer screening rates among patients in their clinics.
Please Note: The free screening portion of the Michigan Colorectal Cancer Early Detection Program (MCRCEDP) ended June 29, 2020. If you would like information about colorectal cancer screening services in Michigan, please talk to your primary care physician or see the Colorectal Cancer Patient Resources Guide located in the Patient Resources section of this page.
For more information, visit the Cancer Epidemiology webpage.
