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.
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A variety of reports & statistics for programs and services.
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State Council's on Developmental Disabilities
Congress created 'State Council's on Developmental Disabilities'; one in each state and territory, to change service systems to better respond to the needs, wants and desires of people with I/DD and develop advocacy strategies to make change happen. Councils are federally funded, self-governing organizations charged with identifying the most pressing needs of people with developmental disabilities in their state or territory. Councils are committed to advancing public policy and systems change that help these individuals gain more control over their lives. The law that drives this commitment is the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD ACT).
The purpose of the DD Act, as described in the current law, is to “assure that individuals with developmental disabilities and their families participate in the design of and have access to needed community services, individualized supports, and other forms of assistance that promote self-determination, independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion in all facets of community life
The Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council
The Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council (DD Council) is a group of 21 Michigan citizens. Members are appointed to the Council by the governor. They come from across the state and are people with disabilities; family members of people with disabilities; and professionals from state and local agencies who provide supports and services to people with developmental disabilities. This diversity enables the Council to better analyze and improve systems and services within the state and ensure that the voices of people with developmental disabilities and their families are heard.
Members operate the Council by providing advice and consent to its committees and staff. People with developmental disabilities throughout Michigan depend on the DD Council getting results, and its members work diligently on behalf of those people. The Council holds public meetings throughout the year. To learn more about the Council, call the office at (517) 335-3158. If interested in becoming a member please submit the 'Application for Appointment'. If you are unable to complete the application online, please contact the Appointments Division of the Governor's Office at appointments@michigan.gov.
Mission
The Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council’s mission is to support people with developmental disabilities to achieve life dreams.
Vision
The Council’s vision is that all people with disabilities are supported across their lifespan to live self-determined and self-directed lives in a diverse and inclusive community.
The Council’s core values are:
Including People with High and Complex Support Needs in all Activities. This population is the Council’s core constituency. Developing supports that help them to live self-directed inclusive lives automatically demonstrates that other people with disabilities can live self-determined lives in inclusive communities. Including this population requires an on-going commitment to continuing to learn to provide better supports and accommodations for them.
Self-Direction and Self-Determination. The Council advocates for systems and communities that support people with developmental disabilities to live the lives they choose, living where they prefer with the people they decide to live with, doing what they choose, and receiving services the way they choose to have them delivered.
Voice at the Policy Table. People with developmental disabilities and their families must be able to participate in the design of the services and supports they need. They must also be able to make their voices heard as citizens across the landscape of policy development. Support of this value also requires ongoing commitment to improving supports and accommodations to allow full access to the policy table, especially for those with high and complex needs.
Economic Justice and Addressing Poverty. A very high proportion of people with disabilities live in poverty, and a high proportion of people living in poverty have disabilities. Improving the lives of people with developmental disabilities requires attention to economic justice and poverty. This attention adds an important perspective on the issues of people with developmental disabilities and opens opportunities for building partnerships with other poverty advocacy groups.
Community Inclusion. The Council works for people with developmental disabilities to exercise their right to full community inclusion, including inclusion in social and civic life, in the world of work, in access to community living, and in access to community programs and services.
Rights of People with Developmental Disabilities. The Council’s ongoing tasks include helping people learn to understand their rights and exercise them. In addition, the Council campaigns for accountability when governments and others ignore the rights of people with developmental disabilities, lose track of them or violate them.
Diversity and Equity. The Council intentionally focuses on race, ethnicity, and other intersectional identities to eliminate historical and systemic marginalization and create systems change.