What do the words mean?
Need to make sense of abbreviations used as they related to foster care in Michigan? Check HERE for a listing of acronyms that may make navigating and reading the site easier! Search through the foster-care definition of terms (Microsoft Word doc).
Need more information? Can't find what you're looking for here? Try these links:
Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS) - Foster Care
Foster Youth in Transition - Michigan DHS website designed for youth transitioning out of foster care.
Michigan Helping Hand - This site is designed to help Michiganders in need: from health care to food assistance, job training and more!
Julie's List - A great resource for foster care-related resources in addition to a myriad of other information.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
PBS.org: Cry For Help - Teenage Mental Illness & Suicide
Rise Magazine - An online magazine/blog for parents, where they can write about their experiences with the child welfare system.
Represent Magazine - A magazine for foster care youth by foster care youth
Foster Hope - a grass-roots organization like SOCC, serving Gennessee County
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