MiFamily Together

Meeting Needs with Dignity & In-Home Support

Families bring unique strengths, experiences and hopes for their children. Sometimes, they also face challenges that can put family stability at risk.

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Service Overview

 
 

MiFamily Together at Family & Children Services provides responsive, home-based support designed to strengthen families, protect children and help prevent unnecessary out of-home placement—or support a successful reunification when children are returning home.

Whether a family needs immediate help during a crisis or additional support to build long-term stability, our team meets families where they are and works alongside them toward a stronger
future.

 

What can MiFamily Together Help Address?

  • Child safety and family stability
  • Parenting and caregiving skills
  • Family relationships and communication
  • Successful reunification and prevention of
    re-removal
  • Caregiver and child mental and physical
    well-being
  • Education and employment goals
  • Economic stability and access to basic needs
  • Skills and resources that help families remain
    safely together
  • Connections to community resources
 

Eligibility and Referrals

 
 

Families First is a referral-based, voluntary program serving:

  • Have current or recent CPS involvement
  • Are preparing for or have recently reunified
  • Have an MDHHS-supervised delinquency case
  • Are caring for children placed with relatives
  • Are connected with a federally recognized Native American Tribe or Band
  • Are referred by a domestic violence shelter
  • Are referred through a Post Adoption Resource Center (PARC)
  • Have a youth at risk of leaving the family home because of family conflict

Referrals can be made by:

Funding

 
 

The State of Michigan provides funding for the Families First of Michigan program.