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Children & Families

• Community Collaboratives
There are currently 76 State endorsed Community Collaboratives encompassing Michigan's 83 counties. Each has a shared vision to improve outcomes for children, families, adults, seniors; is to operate on the basis of mutual trust, respect and consensus; be an inclusive planning and implementation body of stakeholders at the county or multi-county level; and take responsibility for the local directions and coordination of state, federal and foundation sponsored collaborative endeavors.

• Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances Waiver
The Children's Serious Emotional Development Waiver (SEDW) provides services that are enhancements or additions to Medicaid State Plan coverge for children up to age 18 with serious emotional disturbance, who are enrolled in the SEDW

• Introduction
The Division of Mental Health Services to Children and Families provides policy and program direction for public mental health services provided to children with developmental disabilities, children with emotional disturbance, children at risk of disability or emotional disturgance, and to theri families.

• A Family Guide to Respite for Children in Michigan PDF icon

• ParentsMedGuide.org
A resource center for parents of children and adolescents with depression.

• Social-Emotional Development in Young Children PDF icon
A guide developed by the Michigan Department of Community Health

• Local Mental Health Services
Mental health services in Michigan are coordinated through local Community Mental Health Services Programs (CMHSPs).

• Infant Mental Health
Infant mental health services provide home-based parent-infant support and intervention services to families where the parent's condition and life circumstances or the characteristics of the infant threaten the parent-infant attachment and the consequent social, emotional, behavioral and cognitive development of the infant.

• Integrated Services for Children of Parents with Mental Illness
Integrated Services are designed to prevent mental disorders and deviant behavior among children whose parents are receiving services from the public mental health system and to improve outcomes for adult clients who are parents (an estimated 10%). This project is designed to change policies and practices related to intake screening,

• Services to Children with Developmental Disabilities
Provides policy program guidance and services innovation and technical assistance for services to children with developmental disabilities delivered through the community mental health system.

• Insurance Advocacy
The Insurance Advocacy for Home-Based Alternatives Program works statewide to help families maximize insurance coverage for home care services.

• Children's Waiver
The Children's Waiver Program is a federal entitlement program that provides Medicaid funded home and community-based services to children (under age 18).

• Federal Mental Health Block Grant Program
Through individual block grant contracts with community mental health services programs, these resources are focused on development and maintenance of community based services. For the children, the block grant is used primarily to support wraparound and respite services.

• Home-Based Services
Michigan's home-based family service philosophy promotes delivery of services to families in their homes in order to achieve permanence for children, when appropriate, while maintaining and strengthening the family

• Wraparound Services
This program serves children and families with severe and multiple problems being served by multiple agencies. Wraparound services refers to an individually designed set of services

• Reducing Expulsion of Children from Child Care
CCEP programs provide early childhood mental health professionals who consult with child care providers and parents in caring for children under the age of six who are experiencing behavioral and emotional challenges in their child care settings. Sometimes these challenges may put children at risk of expulsion. CCEP aims to reduce expulsion and increase the numer of families and child care providers who successfully nurture the social and emotional development of children 0=5 in licensed child care programs. Referral Contacts


Family Support Subsidy Program

• Family Support Subsidy Program
The Family Support Subsidy is one of an array of community-based, family-centered support services that makes it possible for children with developmental disabilities to remain with and to return to their birth or adoptive families. The subsidy provides a monthly stipend ($222.11) that the family must spend on special needs that occur as a result of caring for a child with a severe disability at home.

• Family Support Subsidy Program Brochure PDF icon
The Michigan program to help families who care for their children with severe disabilities at home.

• Annual Report, FY 05 PDF icon




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