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.
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.
Equal Opportunity, Legal Base, Laws and Reporting Welfare Fraud information.
A variety of reports & statistics for programs and services.
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Public health preparedness planning requires a firm understanding of the needs of citizens at a local level. It is through the Division of Emergency Preparedness & Response's (DEPR) relationships with local health departments and Tribal governments that the office is able to strategically and effectively plan for all hazards across the State of Michigan. In addition, DEPR partners with federal and other state agencies for surveillance, testing, and response to Michigan's health threats.
Through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement, Michigan's forty-five local health departments receive earmarked funding for emergency preparedness. DEPR regularly communicates with each of the local health department's emergency preparedness coordinators. Since 2002, local jurisdictions have established and refined their all-hazards response plans.
There are twelve federally recognized Indian Tribes in the State of Michigan. Each sovereign tribe has an independent relationship with each other and with the state. The State of Michigan and Tribal governments share a responsibility to provide for and protect the health, safety and welfare of our common constituents.
There is a difference between tactical communication and risk communication; tactical communications refers to the modes of communication used between responders during an emergency, such as radio systems. Risk communication involves public information designed to warn and keep the public informed of the actions they need to take to be safe during an emergency.
DEPR maintains an extensive amount of tactical communication resources. These resources include various software applications (including the Michigan Health Alert Network), landline phones, cell phones, faxes, text pagers, multiple radio systems, and video/web conferencing.
The MIHAN is a web-based system for immediate, secure alerting and notification. The MIHAN has more than 6,000 users from public health, hospitals, life support agencies, health clinics, emergency management, state departments, federal agencies and other partners.
Risk communication is the capacity to provide accurate, credible, actionable, and timely information to the public in culturally and linguistically appropriate ways. It involves developing, coordinating, and disseminating information to the public, partners, and vulnerable populations. Effective risk communication takes collaboration among partners and responders so that the best delivery channels can be utilized to keep everyone informed.
Michigan Prepares Website
Features information about hazards in Michigan, tools for emergency
planning, resources to stay connected and recover, and much more.
The Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) is a national repository of life-saving pharmaceuticals and medical supplies designed to protect the American public during a public health emergency severe enough to deplete state and local assets. Michigan is well-prepared to receive and distribute these assets and has consistently received the highest marks from the federal government for its state and local strategic national stockpile planning efforts. Partnerships with private entities have proven extremely valuable in identifying resources to serve the citizens in Michigan.
The Bureau of Laboratories (BOL) provides rapid diagnostic and analytical testing services for biological agents in human and environmental samples and rapid analytical testing for chemical agents in human samples due to an accidental, intentional, or natural disaster. Laboratory services are coordinated with local health departments, MDHHS Bureau of Epidemiology and Population Health, MI Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and/or MI Department of Environmental Quality, as appropriate. BOL's network of partners and areas of research makes the bureau an invaluable information source for DEPR's operations.
The Bureau of Epidemiology and Population Health has successfully implemented several innovative systems for tracking and investigating communicable disease occurrence. In their entirety, they represent a new landscape in infectious disease surveillance in the State and region. DEPR regularly communicates with the bureau to ensure the proper steps are being taken to prepare for any emerging health threats in Michigan.