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
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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.
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A variety of reports & statistics for programs and services.
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The Toxicology and Response Section of MDHHS's Division of Environmental Health conducts public health assessments and consultations at sites of environmental contamination. The health assessor determines what, if any, threat to human health a site may pose and makes recommendations that are protective of public health. This work is funded by the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Click on the links below to find out more about ATSDR and the services and information it provides to communities.
About ATSDR
What is ATSDR? (video)
ATSDR Public Health Assessments and Health Consultations
ATSDR Exposure Investigations
Public Health Advisories
The Difference Between ATSDR and EPA
Click on the links below to view specific public health assessments/consultations and related documents. All documents are in PDF format and may be viewed using the Acrobat Reader software. To download a free copy of the latest version of Acrobat Reader, click here.
What is a public health assessment?
Fact sheet
Archived Health Assessments
Atlas Powder Dump Area, Houghton County
Bay Harbor CKD Seep, Emmet County
Belgravia (Factory Condominiums), Van Buren County
Bendix Corporation, Berrien County
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, St. Clair County
ChemServe, Wayne County
Concentrated Area Feedlot Operations (CAFOs)
Continental Aluminum, New Hudson
Delphi Property Vapor Intrusion Investigation, Livonia, Wayne County
DDT, DDD, DDE Reference Dose Health Consultation
Diamond Chrome Plating Health Consultation, Howell, Livingston County
Downriver Soils (River Rouge/Ecorse), Wayne County
EDTA Metal Complexes in Drinking Water, Sturgis
(Former) Elk Rapids Sportsman's Club, Antrim County
Enbridge Oil Spill Public Health Assessment
EQ Explosion/Fire, Romulus, Wayne County
Evaluation of PFOS in Frozen Wholesale Beef from Cattle Exposed to PFOS Through Contaminated Crops and Soil Due to Biosolids Applications at a Farm in Livingston County, Michigan
Goose Lake Selenium, Marquette County
Grand Traverse Overall Supply Company, Leelenau County
Grassy Island, Wayne County
I-75/Caniff Area (Hamtramck) Lead Contamination, Wayne County
Kalamazoo Air Quality, Kalamazoo County
Little Black Creek, Muskegon County
McLouth Steels Public Health Assessment Presentation Slides (4-8-21)
Methylmercury Reference Dose Health Consultation
Mercury Health Consultations
(Former) Mount Clemens Landfill, Macomb County
Muskrat in the St. Clair River delta
National Gypsum, Alpena County
Outdoor Wood Boiler Investigation, Jackson County and Wood Smoke Complaint, Jackson County
PCB Reference Dose Health Consultation
(Former) Petoskey Petrolane, Emmet County
Pleasant Street Investigation, Wayne County
Ruddiman Pond and Creek
Scio Township Public Meeting MDHHS Presentation, February 17, 2022
St. Clair Shores, Macomb County
Sturgis Municipal Wells (1993)
Torch Lake Superfund Area, Houghton and Keweenaw Counties
Toxaphene Reference Dose Health Consultation
Tribar Hexchrome Release: MDHHS Memo (August 12, 2022)
Velsicol Company (formerly Michigan Chemical Company), Gratiot County
Velsicol Burn Pit Superfund Site / Former Burn Area, St. Louis, Gratiot County
West Branch Oil Fields, Ogemaw County
(Former) Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Iosco County