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
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
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 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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Phone: 517-335-8806
Mary Kleyn, MS, Division Director
Michelle Mills, Division Secretary
Steven Maldanado, Financial Specialist
Vacant, Alcohol Epidemiologist
William Marshall, BS, MPH, Health Disparities Epidemiologist
Erika Garcia, MPA, Health Systems Analyst
Yan Tian, MPH, BRFSS Coordinator/Epidemiologist
Chronic Disease Epidemiology Section
Beth Anderson, MPH, Manager
Justin Allen, BA, EMT-P, EMS Stroke Quality Improvement Coordinator
Olivia Barth MPH, Health Informatics Epidemiologist
Kayla Jones, MPH, CSTE Informatics Fellow
Nikole Hoffman, MPH, Rural Health Epidemiologist
Michelle Byrd, PhD, MPH, Cardiovascular Health, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Epidemiologist
Ghada Ibrahim, MS, Stroke Data Analyst
Alaina White, MPH, Oral Health & Asthma Epidemiologist
Adrienne Nickles, MPH, Michigan Stroke Program Manager and Epidemiologist
Lauren Spadafora, PhD, Cancer Epidemiologist
Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Section
Chris Fussman, MS, Manager
Haifa Haroon, MPH, Infant Health Epidemiologist
Heidi Neumayer, MPH, Preventable Mortality Epidemiologist
Lindsay Townes, MPH, Child Adolescent and School Health Epidemiologist
Isabel Hurden, MPH, Newborn Screening Epidemiologist
Kenneth Hanson, MS, Birth Defects and Family Planning Epidemiologist
Carlotta Allievi, MPH, Home Visiting/ECHO Epidemiologist
Amy Rakowski, MS, Pediatric Genomics and EHDI Epidemiologist
Kim Hekman, MPH, Adverse Childhood Experiences Epidemiologist
Hannah Bovia, BS, PRAMS Project Coordinator
Pete Haak, BS, PRAMS Epidemiologist
Jill Hardy, BA, PRAMS Mail Operations Coordinator
Melissa Limon-Flegler, MSW, Maternal Mortality Surveillance Program Coordinator
Alexandra Gold, MPH, Michigan Maternal Mortality Surveillance Case Abstractor
Laine Putans, MSW, Michigan Maternal Mortality Surveillance Program Assistant
Julia Costigan, BA, COVID-19 Pregnancy and Neonate Surveillance Chart Abstractor
Jeffrey Ambrose, MD, COVID-19 Mortality Review Case Abstractor
Laura Stouffer, MPH, COVID-19 Mortality Review Project Coordinator
Genomics and Genetic Disorders Section
Dominic Smith, MSA, Manager
Sarah Razak, MBA, Financial Specialist
Kristina Ottenwess, MPH, Genetics and Birth Defects Coordinator
Kristy Karasinski, MPH, Newborn Screening Follow-up Consultant
Kerri-Lynn Lockwood, MS, CGC NBS Genetics Specialist
Courtney Miller, BS, Birth Defects Program Assistant
Maricar Macalincag, MSc, Cancer Genomics Program Director
Mary Robinson, RN, BSN, Special Projects Coordinator
Shelby Heppe, MPH, Acting NBS and Genomics Research Coordinator
Vacant, Adult Genetics Genomics Coordinator
Erika Doran, MPH, Cancer Genomics Clinical Consultant
Whitney Warstler, MS, Communications Coordinator
Newborn Screening Section
Shelby Heppe, MPH, Manager
Becky Shaulis, MS, Quality Assurance Coordinator
Valerie Ewald, NBSO Administrator and Technical Assistant
Carolyn Smith, Departmental Technician
Kristen Thompson, MPH, Coordinator
Angela Aldrich, MSN, RN, Nurse Consultant
Lacey VanLoenen, CMA, BS, Operations Coordinator
Bekezela Kusina, BS, Departmental Analyst
Staci Trevino, Departmental Technician
Please Note: Italic text indicates contract employee
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