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.
Information, sources of data and resources to support Firearm Injury Prevention efforts across the state of Michigan.
Medical Resources for Child Protection
Serves as liaison and provides funding to Michigan’s 45 local health departments.
Adult Behavioral Health & Developmental Disability Services
Information and resources for development of Plans of Safe Care.
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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Are you looking for our Cardiovascular Disease Dashboard? You'll find it on our Michigan Cardiovascular Disease Dashboard page. The dashboard provides quick access to indicators at the state and county level, as well as demographics and selected comorbidities and controllable risk factors.
Welcome. This page provides access to data and reports on physical activity, nutrition and weight in Michigan, as well as the MDHHS Cardiovascular Health, Nutrition and Physical Activity Section's program evaluation activities. To access information about any of these topics, simply click on one of the headings below.
Data and statistics about cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure (hypertension), high blood cholesterol (hyperlipidemia), stroke, and and how healthy weight and heart health can impact persons living with HIV, can be found on our companion Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology webpage.
For more information about the Section's surveillance and evaluation work, or to get accessibility assistance reading any of these documents, please contact MDHHS Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Unit Secretary Kelly Garrow (e-mail: GarrowK@michigan.gov).
The Michigan Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (MiBRFSS) is composed of annual, state-level telephone surveys of Michigan residents, aged 18 years and older. This is a main data source for physical activity, nutrition, and weight status.
The national Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) consists of annual surveys (i.e., BRFS) conducted independently by the states, District of Columbia, and U.S. territories, and is coordinated through cooperative agreements with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The Michigan Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System or PRAMS is a project that, with help from our partners at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), gathers high-quality, population-based data about maternal attitudes and experiences before, during and after pregnancy. With the data collected from this survey, we can help improve the health of mothers and their babies throughout the State of Michigan.
The Michigan Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program is a supplemental nutrition program that helps women, infants and children through an important time of growth and development. The WIC Data and System Management provides access to system release information, WIC research, reports and system policies. and processes. Maternal WIC Data and Reports provides information including PNSS and PedNSS reports that contain information on the demographic composition and health status of women and health outcomes of infants and children enrolled in the WIC Program and breastfeeding reports.
Program evaluation is the systematic collection and analysis of data to examine whether public health activities are achieving their intended outcomes. Evaluation is important, because it helps us improve our programs and spend our resources wisely.
For more information on program evaluation, see the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Program Performance and Evaluation Office website. Materials specific for evaluation of heart disease and stroke prevention can be found on the CDC Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Evaluation Resources webpage.
Evaluation documents produced from our work can be found below.
(2018)State Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity and Associated Risk Factors and Promote School Health (1305)
CDC's 1305 grant opportunity, State Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity and Associated Risk Factors, and Promote School Health, was a coordinated effort between three MDHHS program areas and the Michigan Department of Education. Health Impact Statements for each of the program areas are available below.
School Health
(2019) (2019)Physical Activity and Nutrition
Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
(2019) (2019)Diabetes
(2019) (2019)
Looking for even more data? Check out the resources below.
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