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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The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program is funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and is specifically geared towards individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS. Research shows that safe and stable housing is important to reducing viral loads (an important health indicator) for those living with HIV.
Through its sub-recipients, the MDHHS HOPWA program provides support to households with members living with HIV who are below 80% of Area Median Income. Support may include housing assistance, utility assistance, case management, and supportive services. Recipients of services do not have to be homeless to receive services.
Through HUD funding, MDHHS’s HOPWA program provides services to all counties except Wayne, Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, and St. Clair. Potential recipients living in those counties should contact:
Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) is an intervention that combines affordable housing assistance with voluntary support services to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness. PSH is long-term assistance meant for the most vulnerable homeless populations.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Housing and Homeless Services Division administers various PSH programs throughout the state via contracts with local non-profit organizations.
FAQs
PATH program supports the delivery of outreach and services to individuals with serious mental illnesses and those with co-occurring substance use disorders who are experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk of homelessness.
Rapid re-housing rapidly connects families and individuals experiencing homelessness to permanent housing through a tailored package of assistance that may include the use of time-limited financial assistance and targeted supportive services. Rapid rehousing programs help families and individuals living on the streets or in emergency shelters solve the practical and immediate challenges to obtaining permanent housing while reducing the amount of time they experience homelessness, avoiding a near-term return to homelessness, and linking to community resources that enable them to achieve housing stability in the long-term.
MDHHS’ Homeless Youth and Runaway (HYR) Services provide support for youth between the ages of 12 and 20 who are struggling to stay in there homes for any number of reasons. HYR Runaway services provide crisis intervention, case management, counseling, and short-term emergency shelter to youth between the ages of 12 and 17 who have runaway, or are at risk of running, from home due to family conflict and who are not involved in other systems of care (i.e. foster care, juvenile justice). Services are focused on reuniting youth and families as quickly as possible and supporting their on going connection. HYR Homeless Youth services assist youth between the ages of 16 an 20 with longer term supports for when youth can’t return home. Services include case management, counseling, transitional living on a continuum, independent living skill building, and supports in accessing educational and employment opportunities.
To apply for reimbursement for a local County Clerk’s office issued Birth Certificate:
To apply for a State of Michigan issued Birth Certificate:
How to Connect with Vital Records in Lansing
SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and is a national program designed to increase access to Federal disability income benefits for eligible adults and children who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness and have a serious mental illness, medical impairment, and/or a co-occurring substance use disorder.
Attached is the current calendar for MDHHS Housing and Homeless Services grantees and their obligations for reporting FSRs, contract amendment deadlines, quarterly reports for program related materials.
Operations:
Federal Regulations:
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) administers the Emergency Shelter Program (ESP). The ESP is operated statewide and provides emergency overnight lodging to households experiencing homelessness in Michigan. The Salvation Army Eastern Michigan Division (TSA-EMI) administers the ESP on behalf of MDHHS. The purpose and goal of the ESP is to provide emergency overnight lodging to households experiencing homelessness in Michigan and support moving them from temporary shelter into stable housing as quickly as possible.
Emergency Shelter Program shelter and motel providers are required to follow the Minimum Standards for Emergency Shelter. Click here to view the Minimum Standards.
Training
Extreme Weather
Emergency Shelter Program shelter providers must have policies in place to serve clients during extreme weather emergencies. This includes when temperatures fall below freezing or heat waves over an extended period of time. This policy should include but not be limited to: lifting curfew times to ensure access to emergency shelter throughout the night, ability to serve all clients (including individuals that may have been barred from shelter previously), and offering warming or cooling centers during the day.
Emergency Shelter Program motel providers must have motel resources available 24/7. If your office is forced to close due to unforeseen reasons, you must have a plan in place to allow for access to motel resources. This plan and any closures must be communicated to all appropriate community partners including your local 2-1-1 call center.
Click here to connect with an ESP provider in your area.
The Michigan Emergency Housing Council
The Michigan Emergency Housing Council advises the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Housing & Homeless Services Division and The Salvation Army about the needs of emergency shelter around the state. By serving on the Michigan Emergency Housing Council members have the opportunity to shape and support The Emergency Shelter Program: