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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If you see images depicting unsafe infant sleep practices on websites, newsletters or other materials, reach out and encourage the use of images that support safe sleep. Use the sample text to get you started.
Email Communication
Good morning/afternoon,
As someone who cares about the health and well-being of babies, I wanted to share with you that an image that you have on/in your _________ (fill in-website, newsletter, flyer, etc.) is cute, but it depicts a sleep environment that is unsafe for infants. The image shows _______________ (fill in-description of the image and what is unsafe. For example, "The image shows a baby sleeping with a blanket" or "The image shows the baby sharing a sleep surface with an adult.") The American Academy of Pediatrics Recommendations for Infant Sleep Safety note that images portraying unsafe sleep practices can lead to caregivers being confused about what is and isn't safe infant sleep.
This is important because in Michigan alone, a baby dies every 2 to 3 days from an unsafe sleep environment. You can help save babies' lives by supporting safe sleep and using images of infants that depict safe sleep. Fortunately, there are several sources where you can access free images that depict safe infant sleep without copyright restrictions at images you can use. To learn more about infant safe sleep and the importance of images, visit Modeling Safe Practices: A Checklist for Infant Sleep & Breastfeeding Images
Thank you for your consideration to promote infant safe sleep and save babies' lives! For more information, visit www.michigan.gov/safesleep or contact MDHHS-InfantSafeSleep@michigan.gov.
Sincerely,
____________(Name)
Social Media
Your organization may be tagged in images that show an unsafe infant sleep practices. Consider commenting on the post. Using the sample text to get your started.
We noticed your post doesn't follow the current infant safe sleep guidelines. Learn more about #safesleep at www.michigan.gov/safesleep & consider posting a photo or message that follows the guidelines to help us spread the word about safe sleep.