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If you cannot afford child care, payment assistance is available.
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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.
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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.
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Prevention of diseases & conditions such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes and many others.
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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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Offers resources for agencies who operate the Weatherization Assistance Program in the state of Michigan
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Earth's average temperature increased by 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit from 1901 to 2016.1 These temperature changes have led to changes in long-term climate patterns. The changing patterns alter the weather from day to day across the world.1 Climate change has led to heat waves, heavy precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, hail), flooding and air pollution. These changes could affect human health in serious ways. Climate change has been called "the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century."2 Dealing with climate change could be an opportunity to improve health.3
Along with the rest of the world, the Midwest's climate is changing. The region has gotten warmer and wetter since 1900.4 In Michigan, average yearly temperature has increased by two to three degrees Fahrenheit across most of the state.5 Climate change is also leading to shifting seasonal patterns and more extreme events.6 Current climate forecasts show extreme weather patterns will increase through the 21st century. Extreme weather like extreme heat and precipitation are influencing planning and response activities across sectors in Michigan.6
In Michigan, the greatest weather concerns are extreme heat and precipitation events.
The five priority weather-related health impacts of concern in Michigan are7:
For information on how climate can affect Michigan health, visit the Michigan Climate and Health Profile Report.
Changing temperature and precipitation increases in extreme weather events can affect health in direct and indirect ways.8 Health effects such as heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heat syncope, and heat stroke can happen during high ambient temperatures. Extreme precipitation events can directly impact human health through injuries, drowning, hypothermia, infectious diseases and ongoing mental health, as well as indirectly impact infrastructure and economic vulnerability, water resources (i.e. pollution and scarcity), and agricultural loss. Increases in waterborne disease outbreaks have been reported following a heavy rainfall. Buildings that experience water intrusion can develop mold contamination, which can lead to indoor air quality problems.
For information on how climate can affect health, visit CDC - Climate Effects on Health.
While climate change can affect everyone, some people and places will be affected more than others.
Those at a higher risk of experiencing health effects are1,9:
The following groups:
People with the following conditions:
Learn more about climate and health in Michigan and those most at risk at Climate and Health Profile Report and MICHAP-Strategic Plan.
Even short periods of high temperature can cause serious, and sometimes life-threatening, health problems. The heat index is a term the National Weather Service uses for a combination of temperature and humidity. It lets you know how hot it feels outside better than temperature alone.10
There are steps you can take to avoid heat illness when it's hot outside like11:
Learn more at MiTracking - Heat Illness - Illnesses and Symptoms or Prevention or our Michigan Heat Awareness and Safety fact sheet.
Heavy rain events can lead to floods. Floods can occur in a few ways. They can happen in areas with a history of flooding, for example, places near rivers or cities near sea level, like New Orleans. They can also happen when man-made systems like stormwater drains are clogged or overloaded with too much rain. The rate of flooding can be slow, happening over days or weeks, or there can be flash floods which can happen in hours. There are steps you can take to stay safe, healthy, and prepared like:
Learn how to stay safe, healthy, and how to prepare at Michigan Prepares - Floods.
The temperature and precipitation data were downloaded from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS), processed by the CDC's National Environmental Public Health Tracking program, and reviewed by MICHAP and MiTracking. Find out more about the data by visiting:
Natural Disasters and Severe Weather
Climate Impacts on Health: Extreme Heat and Heat-Related Illness - Michigan 2019 (Report)
Cold Health and Safety: Michigan Winter Weather (Fact Sheet)
Michigan Climate and Health Profile 2015 (Report)
Michigan Heat Awareness and Safety (Fact Sheet)
Climate Change and Human Health
The following MiTracking climate change resources are available:
Climate Changes MI Health Infographic series:
To find more environmental and health resources like this, go to MiTracking's Resources page.
