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.
Equal Opportunity, Legal Base, Laws and Reporting Welfare Fraud information.
A variety of reports & statistics for programs and services.
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Person-Centered Planning has been law in Michigan since 1996. It is a planning process, now required in federal law as well, that allows the people involved to learn about a person’s idea of a good life and identify supports needed to achieve that life. It is not something done to a person, nor is it done for a person; instead, it is directed by that person, with support from a facilitator as needed and desired. Once that vision of a good life has been established and supports are identified, a person-centered plan is written to drive services and supports to the person’s life vision (In Michigan, this plan is named an Individual Plan of Service). The process is highly individualized and dependent on the person guiding all involved to an end goal.
Person-Centered Planning works for the people served by the behavioral health system, the providers of that system and the community at large. The larger outcome of Person-Centered Planning is that people served maintain or gain a substantial level of functioning by increasing autonomy, productivity, and community integration. Community Mental Health Providers work with their communities to improve relationships and promote inclusion for the populations served. Person-Centered Planning supports individuals to creatively use cost-effective community resources and neighborhood solutions to achieve the dreams of people who receive services through the Behavioral Health System.
Person-Centered Planning Policy
Independent Facilitation Resources
Tips for Writing Goals and Objectives
This is guidance on writing better goals and objectives. Each premise listed is an attribute of quality to look for in goals and objectives. It is not meant to be a checklist and by no means does the plan writer need to ensure the goals and objectives have every single attribute mentioned.
In the goal and objective writing section (the second part) there are examples of each attribute; one a quality example of that attribute (marked by a checkmark) and an example to avoid (marked by an x). The examples are specific to the attribute they relate to and do not represent a complete goal or objective in most instances.
None of these examples can be considered quality goals or objectives on their own because they are outside of the context of an individual, a plan and a planning process. This is simply a tool to help the writer of the plan think about how to frame their goals and objectives to achieve better quality.