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Printer Friendly    Text Version  Email Page Child Welfare Services Michigan's Department of Human Services provides for public child welfare services that include protective services, foster care, juvenile justice and adoption. DHS provides these services statewide to families and children. Select a question below. Apply for food assistance?Keep a sleeping infant safe?Find programs for youth?Adopt a child?Become a licensed child care provider?Find information on being a mandated reporter?Help locate missing children?File a licensing complaint?Report welfare fraud?Get help from domestic violence?Pay child support?Report abuse of a vulnerable adult?Report child abuse?Surrender my newborn safely?Become a foster parent?Apply for cash assistance?Apply for home heating assistance?Apply for child care assistance? Select from popular publications. Infant Safe Sleep BrochureChild Protection Law - DHS Pub-3Food Assistance Benefits in Michigan - DHS Pub-16Domestic Violence Survivors Legal Handbook - DHS Pub-78 A Guide For Caregiving Families - DHS Pub-165Never Shake a Baby Brochure - CTF Pub-213 (2007)Child Development and Care (CDC) Handbook - DHS Pub 230Dads Make a Difference - DHS Pub-233Reporting Changes on Your Assistance Case - DHS Pub-280Relative Caregiver Resources & Responsibilities - DHS Pub-457 What You Need to Know About the DHS Pub-467State Emergency Relief Program, DHS Pub-563Children Need a Loving Home - Share Yours, Become a Foster Parent - DHS Pub-650Understanding Child Support: A Handbook for Parents - DHS Pub-748What Every Parent Should Know About Establishing Paternity - DHS Pub-780Adopting a Child in Michigan - DHS Pub-823 4 Steps to Choosing Quality Child Care - Parent's Checklist - DHS Pub-836Is Someone Hurting You or Your Children? - DHS Pub-859 Family Matters-Keeping Children Safe - DHS Pub-881Parent's Guide to Children's Protective Services - DHS Pub-460Recommendations for Coordination between Friends of the Court and CPS Select from often needed forms. Original License Application PacketAssistance Application (DHS-1171)Day Care Aide Provider Application - DHS-220-ARelative Care Provider Application - DHS-220-RReport of Actual or Suspected Child Abuse or Neglect - DHS-3200Child Development and Care Application - DHS-4583 Adoption   Assistance Programs Children's Protective Services   Children's Trust Fund Foster Care   Foster Home and Child Care Licensing Juvenile Justice   Other Services Including Safe Sleep, Safe Delivery, Migrant, Refugee, Native American Parenting Programs   Youth Programs

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