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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A population is a group of people within a certain area or in a specific group. Population characteristics are important to consider when describing how disease or illness affects people in a community. Certain factors, like your gender, age, or income, can influence your health and your risk during a public health emergency. The same is true for populations.
Understanding a population is very important for public health programs and the study of the spread or pattern of sickness in a group of people (epidemiological studies). Knowing a population's characteristics can help public health professionals understand the relationship between environmental conditions and related diseases.1
Population characteristics data available on MiTracking include:
The Data Explorer Tool provided by the CDC Tracking Program shows data from the SVI. The data are from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
For more information on these data, go to the Data - CDC Tracking Program below.
Population characteristics can also give information about vulnerabilities in a population including those that are more likely to be:
Every community must prepare for and respond to hazardous events. Hazardous events can include natural disasters (e.g., tornado, disease outbreak) or a human-made event (harmful chemical spill). Some factors weaken a community’s ability to prevent human suffering and financial loss in a disaster. Poverty, lack of access to transportation, and crowded housing are such factors called social vulnerability.2
The demographic data available on MiTracking include:
Age of Housing data are from the U.S. Census. MiTracking provides demographic data from the Michigan Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics (DVRHS). For additional information, visit the Michigan Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics.
The CDC Tracking Program has collected, integrated, and analyzed non-infectious disease and environmental data from a nationwide network of partners. The purpose of the CDC Tracking Program is to deliver information and data to protect the nation from health issues arising from or directly related to environmental factors.3
The SVI data are available via an embedded image from CDC Tracking Program. SVI uses 15 U.S. census variables. These variables help local officials identify communities that may need support before, during, or after disasters.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) provides SVI data. The SVI uses U.S. Census data to determine the social vulnerability of every Census tract.
For more data information, visit CDC - Indicators and Data: Populations and Vulnerabilities - SVI.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
National Environmental Public Health Tracking (CDC Tracking)