Health Web Links

Help – Where do I go to Get Assistance?

• Child Support
  • Child Support Services
• Dental
  • Bay City Dental
  • Dental Clinics North – Northern Dental Plan
  • Michigan Community Dental Clinics, Inc.
• Disability
  • State Disability Assistance
• Food Assistance Programs
  • Food Stamp Assistance Program
  • MI Bridges
  • Michigan Assistance & Referral Service (MARS)
  • WIC
• Hearing Screening
  • Michigan’s Community Hearing Screening Program
• Health Insurance Programs
  • Central Health Plan
  • MIChild Health Insurance Program
  • Michigan Assistance & Referral Service (MARS)
• Prescription Assistance
  • Needy Meds
  • Partnership for Prescription Assistance
  • Michigan’s Prescription Drug Discount Program

How Can I Learn More About Asthma/Allergies?

• American Lung Association
• IntelliHealth
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

What If I Have Cancer/Stroke?

• American Cancer Society
• CancerCare
• National Cancer Institute
• National Stroke Association

Do You Have Concerns Or Questions About Children?

• Action Alliance for Children
• All Kids Count
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Center of the Future of Children
• Child Care Centers & Homes Search
• Child Trends
• Child Welfare Network
• Children Now
• Children's Advocate
• Children's Defense Fund
• Children's or Adult Foster Care Camps
• Coalition for America's Children
• I Am Your Child Michigan
• Project Great Start

How Can I Make Sure My Children Are Safe?

• Children's Protection Registry
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Michigan Safe School Initiative
• Reporting Internet Abuse Against Children

How Can I Tell If A Day Care Is Licensed?

• Child Day Care Centers & Homes

Local Collaboratives In The District

• Great Start Collaborative Contact List by County
• Arenac Great Start Collaborative
• Isabella Great Start Collaborative

What Are Communicable Diseases (CDs)?

• American Social Health Association
• Centers of Disease Control (CDC)
• CDC National Center for HIV, STD & TB
• CDC National Prevention Information Network
• Parents of Kids with Infectious Disease (PKIDS)
• Hepatitis
  • Hepatitis - CDC
  • Hepatitis C Connection
  • Hepatitis Control Report
  • Hepatitis Foundation International
  • Hepatitis & HIV Site
• HIV/AIDS
  • HIV Site
  • HIV/AIDS Prevention
  • HIV/AIDS The Body
  • Michigan.gov HIV/STD Site
  • WHO Office of AIDS and STDs
  • AIDS Quilt
• TB
  • Michigan.gov TB Site

How Do I File A Complaint?

• Consumer Complaints
• Health Facility Online Complaint Form

How Can I Learn More About Diabetes?

• American Association of Health Plans
• American Diabetes Association
• American Heart Association
• MI Diabetes Outreach Networks

Economic Issues (Medicaid/Medicare)

• Center for Law & Social Policy
• Department of Energy, Labor, & Economic Growth
• Economic Policy Institute
• Families USA (health care)
• Institute for Research on Poverty
• Institute for Women's Policy Research
• Medicaid Provider Inquiry
• Medicaid Provider Manual

How Can I Find Information On Continuing Education?

• Department of Education
• Online Professional Development of Potential Sources
• Office of Professional Preparation Services
• Professional Development Courses, Tools and Resources

Government Contacts

• Attorney General, Office of the
• Department of Corrections
• Department of Human Services (DHS)
  • Department of Human Services (DHS) of Michigan
  • DHS Program Policy & Procedures
  • DHS County Statistics
• Library of Congress (Search Service)
• Michigan Legislature
• National Institute of Health
• National Library of Medicine
• Rules, Regulations and Advisory Bulletins Cross Reference
• State of Michigan
• US House of Representatives
• US Senate

Grant Information

• Homeland Security Grant

How Can I Stay Healthy?

• American Cancer Society
• Association of State & Territorial Health Officials
• Cardiovascular Health & Nutrition
• Create a Personal Health Plan - Steps Up
• Department of Health & Human Services
• Governor's Council on Physical Fitness
• Handsnet
• Health Education Professional Resources
• Health Finder/U.S.Government
• Healthline
• Healthtouch
• IntelliHealth
• Medical Matrix
• Michigan Department of Community Health
• National Coalition for promoting physical activity
• National Institute of Health
• National Library of Medicine
• Resource Center for Cardiovascular Health
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Should I Immunize?

• Immunization Information for Parents
• Immunization Information for Seniors
• Immunization Newsbrief
• Institute for Vaccine Safety
• Michigan Care Improvement Registry
• National Coalition for Adult Immunization
• National Immunization Program
• National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
• Vaccine Safety
• World Health Organization (WHO)

Do You Need Help With Teen/Youth Issues?

• Advocates for Youth
• American's Promise
• Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Families and Work Institute
• Families USA (Health Care)
• Family Voices
• Planned Parenthood Fed of America's "Teenwire"
• Talking with Kids
• Teen/young Adult Q &A "Go Ask Alice!"
• State of Michigan

Policy Issues

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• American Medical Association
• American Public Health Association
• American Public Human Services Association
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Civil Service Online Service

Research/Data

• Agency For HealthCare Research and Quality
• American Liver Foundation
• Birth, Death, Marriage & Divorce Records
• Census and Statistical Data
• Child Trends
• Institute for Women's Policy Research
• Kids Count in Michigan Data Book 2007
• Michigan Department of Community Health
• Michigan Profile for Healthy Youth
• Michigan Vital Statistics
• National Library of Medicine

Resources/Literature

• MDCH Health Promotion Clearinghouse
• Tomorrow's Child (Safe Sleep for Babies)

Professional Resources

• Application for Health Services License
• Health Licensing Application Status Lookup
• MALPH
• Renew Health Professional License Online
• State of Michigan Telephone Directory
• Verify a Professional License

Having Trouble Trying To Stop Smoking?

• American Cancer Society
• American Heart Association
• American Legacy Foundation
• American Lung Association
• American Medical Association
• ASH - Action on Smoking and Health
• Center for Social Gerontology
• Michigan Department of Community Health
• National Cancer Institute
• Nicotine Anonymous
• Office on Smoking & Health
• QuitNet Online Smoking Cessation
• Tobacco
• Try to Stop
• U.S. Public Health Service

Substance Abuse

• Substance Abuse Program Search