Learn about Federal changes to Medicaid and Food Assistance Programs..
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.
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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)
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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 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.
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As young adults, we want to share our values about employment. We base our work on these main values:
Employment looks different for each person. People with all kinds of disabilities can still work. Employment will look different for each person. You may need help, but that is okay, there are a lot of organizations and people that can help find the right job match for you. Employment can be part-time or full-time or could involve creating a small business. People with disabilities can be employed in a competitive, integrated job.
The first thing is to have high expectations for employment. You can explore careers and begin to understand the type of work that you want to do. Set a vision for yourself of what you want in a job and research the support you will need for that career. You can find out more about a certain type of job by interning or shadowing somebody who is in that type of work. This gives you details about the work, the type of training you need, and the kind of money you would make. The goal is to know enough about the job to decide whether it is the type of employment you want for yourself.
There are a lot of tools available to explore whether a certain career is right for you. One thing you can do is make a positive personal profile (PPP). That will help you develop a vision statement. You can use your vision statement to help communicate what you want to others who are helping you get a job.
Research shows that youth who explore careers and have work experiences in the community early on, are the most successful employees as adults. You should START EARLY with career exploration! While you are still in school, staff should assist in completing assessments that help you figure out your skills and interests to get a job. Assessments can help you to figure out what accommodations you might need to get employed. An accommodation is an exception to rules that govern your employment.
For example, an accommodation could say that you need an assistive technology (AT) device, like a screen reader to do your job. If youth have a physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability that interferes with their ability to work, they may be eligible for services from different organizations.
View a list of agencies that can help with career exploration.
An acronym is like the initials of your name. Initials are the beginning letter of each word in your first, middle, and last name. It can also be the first letter in each word in the name of an organization, a rule, or a law.
Acronyms are often used, by agencies that support youth with disabilities. It can take time to learn what each of these acronyms/initials mean. If you need help in understanding any of the acronyms, please use your advocacy skills and ask for help.
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ARC/MI The Arc Michigan
AT Assistive Technology
BSBP Bureau of Services for Blind Persons
CAP Client Assistance Program
CIL Center for Independent Living
EDP Educational Development Plan
FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education
GED General Educational Development
HCBS Home and Community Based Services
I/DD Intellectual and/or Developmental Disability
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IPE Individualized Plan for Employment
ISD Intermediate School District
LEA Local Educational Agency
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
MARSE Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Education
MITT Michigan Interagency Transition Team
MCTI Michigan Career and Technical Institute
MiDDC Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council
MCTI Michigan Career and Technical Institute
MI-DDI Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute
MDE Michigan Department of Education
MDHHS Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
MDRC Michigan Disability Rights Coalition
MMC Michigan Merit Curriculum
ODEP Office of Disability Employment Policy
O-Net Occupational Information Network
PC Personal Curriculum
PCP Person-Centered Plan
POA Power of Attorney
Pre-ETS Pre-Employment Transition Services
PCP Person-Centered Plan
POA Power of Attorney
SAM Self-Advocates of Michigan
SAT Scholastic Assessment Test
SDM Supported Decision Making