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.
Low-income Households Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP)
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
Prevention and Family Preservation Services
The Michigan Domestic & Sexual Violence Prevention and Treatment Board administers state and federal funding for domestic violence shelters and advocacy services, develops and recommends policy, and develops and provides technical assistance and training.
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.
Medical Resources for Child Protection
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
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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.
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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.
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A variety of reports & statistics for programs and services.
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Organizations that provide quit tobacco services for people living with HIV/AIDS in Michigan
This webpage provides both a geographical (map-based) and an alphabetical directory of the HIV/AIDS service organizations (ASOs) throughout Michigan that currently receive project funding to provide quit tobacco services for PLWH in our state.
Resources to help people living with HIV (PLWH) quit using tobacco (useful for both PLWH and providers)
This document includes an extensive list of resources for assisting PLWH to quit tobacco, including videos that teach motivational interviewing techniques, Michigan Tobacco Quitline information, and PLWH testimonials.
What We Learned from Our 2022 Client Focus Groups
The Michigan Tobacco Use Reduction in People Living with HIV Project held three virtual focus groups during July and August 2022 with people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) who use tobacco products, generating 17 responses from seven aids service organizations across the state. The qualitative data on tobacco use behavior gathered during the focus groups is being used to help inform best practices to increase quit attempts among PLWHA.
Lessons Learned from Progressive Surveys of Project Staff and Clients and from Client Focus Groups
This slide show presentation prepared by the Tobacco Use Reduction in People Living with HIV Project data staff includes results and lessons learned from three surveys of project staff (conducted in 2015, 2017 and 2019), two surveys of clients (conducted in 2015 and 2017), and six client focus groups (all conducted in 2019).
This November 2019 Precontemplation Workshop with Michigan-based tobacco use reduction in PLWH professionals was presented by the MDHHS Tobacco Section and facilitated by Lilianna Angel Reyes, MPA, TTS. Reyes is director of the Ruth Ellis Center in Detroit and founder and executive director of the Trans Sisters of Color Project, a Detroit nonprofit that serves trans women of color in, or from, the city of Detroit.
This April 2023 MDHHS Tobacco Use Reduction in People Living with HIV Project training webinar with presenter Giovanni B. Ireland focuses on addressing barriers to accessing health care and establishing equitable spaces for Trans men/masculine people.
The Tobacco Playbook Déjà vu: Electronic Cigarettes (Vape Products) Train the Trainer
This May 2022 Train the Trainer webinar was presented by MDHHS Public Health Consultant Carolyn Chaudhary, MPH
Please Note: This presentation is broken down into six modules. All modules combined total 2:28:40.
(0:08:37) (0:52:00) (0:35:00) (0:31:00) (0:21:40) (0:01:23)The Truth About Electronic Cigarettes (aka Vape Products) (1:27:46)
In this May 2022 MDHHS webinar, MDHHS Public Health Consultant Carolyn Chaudhary, MPH, discusses the basics of e-cigarettes and presents information about how they work, what they look like, what safety and health risks they pose, and what makes them especially attractive to youth. She also looks at the e-cigarette "climate" in Michigan and provides resources for those who want to learn more about these products.