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
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.
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
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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The most successful community employment experiences for people with disabilities happen when their family members and loved ones are on board. Watch the Employment: A Families Perspective video to see and hear stories of people with disabilities and their families experiences with community-based employment.
Transition and Employment is the idea that youth with disabilities should consider looking for paid work experience while they are still in school. Youth with paid work experience are more likely to hold long-term jobs after exiting school. Youth gain valuable job skills and express greater job satisfaction by considering paid work experience before they transition to adult life.
Resources are available below to help students and their families begin planning early, including information about the discovery process, student-led IEPs, and how to be involved in activities that build self-advocacy and self-determination skills.
The PACER Center's National Parent Center on Transition and Employment provides high-quality assistance and evidence-based practices that support parents, youth, and professionals that contribute to successful employment for youth with disabilities. PACER's Parent Center provides comprehensive strategies and resources related to school-to-work transition that produces optimal employment and career achievement for youth with disabilities.
Charting the LifeCourse is a framework created to help individuals and families of all ages and all abilities develop a vision for a good life under the belief that all people have the right to live, love, work, play, and pursue their own goals. Individuals and families can use their vision for a good, quality life with the LifeCourse framework to help plan for the present and the future.
The LifeCourse framework also includes resources specifically related to the transition from school to work. Charting the LifeCourse: Daily Life & Employment is a guide to help transition-age youth and their families figure out what daily life could look like after high school. The guide includes activities and resources to assist youth to consider jobs, careers, or continuing education as an adult.
People with disabilities often share concerns that their work income may affect the healthcare and other disability benefits they receive. There are many myths about how working affects disability benefits and health coverage, or how hard it can be to get your benefits back if you stop working or need to work fewer hours.
For people with disabilities, work is more possible now than ever before. People with disabilities can be successful at meaningful jobs with the right kind of training, preparation, and workplace accommodations. Below are resources available to help people with disabilities understand how employment may affect their benefits.
The Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) program is a step-by-step process to assist people with disabilities that receive benefits from Social Security to understand how employment may affect other benefits they may receive. Other benefits may include Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), and others. WIPA also helps beneficiaries to understand how they can increase their financial independence.
The Benefits to Employment presentation by a Michigan-based Work Incentives Planner (WIPA), Cathy McRae from The Arc Michigan, also provides some basic information on benefits planning.
Disability Benefits 101 is a disability benefits planning site dedicated to helping people with disabilities and service providers understand the connections between work and benefits. It provides a benefits calculator, available 24/7/365, along with toolkits to better understand benefits programs and rules around work. You can also watch short 3–5-minute videos to learn more about benefits such as SSI, SSDI, ABLE Act, and more.