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.
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.
State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP)
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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The Regional Health Equity Councils are funded under the CDC OT21-2103 National Initiative to address COVID-19 Health Disparities Among Populations at High-Risk and Underserved, Including Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations and Rural Communities. The Program Strategies of the funding task the councils to:
To self-determine priorities based on the needs of the community in accordance with efforts that seek to accomplish five key goals:
The expected impact of the councils on Michiganders, is twofold. The first impact is to build on MDHHS’s desire to establish an advisory infrastructure between MDHHS and the community. The second impact is to provide more of the decision-making power within communities and in the hands of those with the lived experience to shift the imbalance of power and uplift the direct needs among populations at high-risk and have limited access, including heritage based and ethnic lesser represented populations and rural communities.
Councils will be reporting on a series of performance measures as outlined by the funding source for this initiative (CDC-OT21-2103: National Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health 3 Differences in Outcomes Among Populations at High-Risk and Have Limited Access, Including Heritage-Based and Ethnic Lesser Represented Populations and Rural Communities). Those measures include but are not limited to:
The Office of Transformation, Engagement, and Community Health developed 11 Councils positioned across the state of Michigan. They are located based on population rates of heritage-based and ethnic lesser represented populations and incidence of COVID-19. The Councils are in the following regions:
Each Council is supported by a backbone organization. This organization is responsible for the provision of administrative, facilitation, fiduciary, and recruitment assistance. Membership of councils consists of, academic, community-based, faith-based, grassroots, and health related organization. Additionally, they were required to have at minimum three community members on their council; community member is defined as one with lived experience who is not representing their organization rather the needs of the regions residents and willing to advocate for their needs. Councils are tasked with self-determining priorities and activities that impact their region.
Backbone Organization: Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength (MOSES)
Backbone Organization: Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC)
Backbone Organization: Kent County Health Department
Backbone Organization: Oakland County Health Department
Backbone Organization: Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance
Backbone Organization: Judson Center
Backbone Organization: Access Health
Backbone Organization: Saginaw County Health Department
Backbone Organization: Washtenaw County Health Department
Backbone Organization: Detroit Association of Black Organizations (DABO)