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.
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 Michigan Department of Health and Human Services currently has multiple biomonitoring research projects and health studies underway.
These projects will help us learn about:
There are three types of projects in DEHBio: biomonitoring, exposure assessments, and health studies. The information gathered from these projects can be used to help recommend changes to public health policies and better protect communities that may be at greater risk of exposure. Learn more about each of these types of projects.
Below are past and current DEHBio projects. Click on the link in the description to find out more about each project.
Launched 2024
Currently enrolling participants, by invitation only.
The Environmental Mediators of Birth-defects and Relation to Contaminants (EMBARC) study launched in 2024. The goal of EMBARC is to learn if PFAS might be linked to certain birth defects.
Launched 2023
Currently enrolling new participants.
This study is designed to understand certain characteristics of health and behavior, and how those may be related to learning about blood or water test results or other environmental chemicals.
Launched 2022
Not currently enrolling participants.
MiChEM (pronounced: my-chem) is a statewide biomonitoring project focused on a representative sample of Michigan adults. MDHHS will look at the blood and urine of these adults for certain chemicals. The project aims to find the statewide average level of exposure to these chemicals.
Launched September 2022
Not currently enrolling participants.
The OAEA is carried out as one part of the Michigan biomonitoring surveillance program named the Michigan Chemical Exposure Monitoring project, or MiChEM. To learn more about MiChEM, visit our MiChEM page.
OAEA is an exposure assessment to understand exposure to environmental chemicals, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), among residents of the Oscoda area. MDHHS will test blood from both adolescent and adult participants for PFAS. Adults (18 and older) can have their blood and urine tested for additional environmental chemicals. The project will measure the Oscoda area population’s exposure to environmental chemicals and compare the findings to statewide average levels of exposure as measured by the MiChEM project and national average levels of exposure as measured by the CDC.
Launched 2021
Not currently enrolling participants.
The Multi-Site Study (MSS) is a study coordinated by the Center for Disease Control's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in partnership with MDHHS. It is happening in seven communities across the U.S., including the same Michigan communities as MiPEHS.
The Birth Outcomes Supplemental Study (BOSS) is a special addition to the Multi-site Health Study that only Michigan is doing. BOSS is designed to answer how PFAS exposure relates to a mother and baby’s health during birth. Learn more about BOSS
Launched 2020
Not currently enrolling participants.
MiPEHS Phase 2 ended on 8/12/2023. Phase 3 begins in early 2025. If you have questions about the study please call study staff at 844-464-7327.
The first results from MiPEHS Phase 1 (2020-2021) are available! To see the first results from Phase 1, read the Phase 1 Summary Report. If you would like more detail than what is included in the Summary Report, read the Technical Appendix to the Summary Report. There is more to come!
The Michigan PFAS Exposure and Health Study, or MiPEHS (pronounced: my-pez-), is a longitudinal study to research exposures to PFAS and health in the Michigan communities of: the City of Parchment and Cooper Township in Kalamazoo County and the Rockford/Belmont Area in Kent County.
Launched April 2021
Not currently enrolling participants.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is doing a research study to see if per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure affects how the immune system responds to COVID-19 vaccines, including antibody production.
Launched April 2021
Not currently enrolling participants.
The PFOMS (pronounced: p-foams) project is a statewide biomonitoring project focused on Michigan firefighters. The primary purpose of the project is to determine firefighters' average exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The findings of the project will help inform decisions about how to minimize firefighters' exposure to PFAS.
Launched 2018
Not currently enrolling participants.
The North Kent County Exposure Assessment Report 2 is now available!
Learn about the North Kent County Exposure Assessment Report 2.
The North Kent County Exposure Assessment is a regional effort that studied the relationship between drinking water with PFAS and the amount in the human body. The research study involves collecting blood samples from people in the northern Kent County area whose drinking water wells were found to have PFAS.
1976-2009
Not currently enrolling participants.
Emory University Poly-Brominated Biphenyls (PBB) Study
Ongoing
Currently enrolling participants.
The MDHHS Michigan Long-Term Poly-Brominated Biphenyls (PBB) Study sought to identify long term health impacts associated with PBB exposure in thousands of Michiganders following an accidental release of the chemical into the food supply in the early 1970s. Although enrollment in the MDHHS study ended in 2004, MDHHS continued to update the study's databases until 2009. Currently, Emory University is carrying on similar PBB research and their study is open to enrollment.