Support for parents who adopt from foster care - subsidies, services, and training are available to help you during the adoption process and throughout your family’s journey.
Behavioral Resources and Institute for Neuropsychological Services
3292 North Evergreen Dr NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49525
(616) 365-8920
Counseling, psychological testing, therapy.
Building Michigan's Trauma-Informed System for Children and their Families - Statewide
You will find information about trauma & toxic stress, the impact on health and development and ways to lessen negative outcomes - information from national and state experts that are working to build trauma-informed systems of care for children and their families in Michigan.
Find resources that explain what to expect at various developmental stages, learn how to talk about adoption, address adoption issues in school, help children with grief and loss, recognize and get help for postadoption depression, find needed services, and obtain financial assistance.
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - Statewide
The IDEA is a federal civil rights law to protect the rights of children with disabilities who meet requirements for special education services and the rights of their parents.
Michigan 2-1-1 connects families with help of all kinds, right in the community - help with food, housing, paying bills, support in a family crisis or community disaster, just to name a few.
Michigan Alliance for Families (Special Education Resources) - Statewide
(800) 552-4821
Provide information, support, and education for families who have children who receive (or may be eligible to receive) special education services.
Michigan Children’s Special Health Care Services - Statewide
(800) 359-3722
CSHCS strives to enable individuals with special health care needs to have improved health outcomes and an enhanced quality of life through the appropriate use of the CSHCS system of care.
Michigan Department of Education Procedural Safeguards Notice - Statewide
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Federal law concerning the education of students with disabilities, requires schools to provide parents of a child with a disability with a notice containing a full explanation of the procedural safeguards available under the IDEA and U.S. Department of Education regulations.
Michigan Family to Family Health Information Center - Statewide
2436 Woodlake Circle
Okemos, MI 48864
(517) 324-7396
Resources, information and education for children and youth with special health care needs, the families who love them and the professionals who support them.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the federal civil rights law that ensures eligible children with disabilities receive a free appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment (LRE). Each state must follow the IDEA, and may also create additional laws and rules. In Michigan, those rules are the Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Education (MARSE).
North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) - Statewide
Through advocacy, adoption support, leadership development, and education, NACAC works to ensure all children in foster care have permanent, loving families and adoptive families have the support they need.
Resiliency Center for Families and Children - Statewide
Located at Western Michigan University
1000 Oakland Dr
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
(269) 387-7000
Serving children who have experienced trauma or been abused or neglected, children with disruptive behaviors or dysregulation, children with mental health disorders, anxiety or depression.
(269) 673-0202 or (888) 354-0596 (toll-free)
24-hour crisis response team for if your child is experiencing an emotional or mental health crisis.
Community Mental Health - Allegan
3285 122nd Ave
Allegan, MI 49010
(888) 354-0596 or (269) 673-0202 (24hr line)
Services provided to people with mental illness, a developmental disability, and their families.
340 104th Ave
Holland, MI 49423
(616) 403-1687
Resource for adoptive, foster, and kinship families. Support groups, clothing and book co-op, movie nights, resource lending library, mentoring, wrap around support, moms nights out, dads nights out, book clubs, and trainings.
(231) 720-3200 or (231) 722-HELP (during non-business hours)
24-hour crisis response team for if your child is experiencing an emotional or mental health crisis.
Community Mental Health (HealthWest) - Muskegon
376 E Apple Ave
Muskegon, MI 49442
(231) 724-1111 (24hr line)
Behavioral healthcare.
(866) 512-4357 (toll-free)
24-hour crisis response team for if your child is experiencing an emotional or mental health crisis.
Community Mental Health - Ottawa
12265 James St
Holland, MI 49424
(616) 842-HELP (4357) 24hr Line Grand Haven
(616) 396-HELP (4357) 24hr Line Holland
(866) 512-HELP (4357) 24hr Line All Other Areas
Behavioral healthcare.
340 104th Ave
Holland, MI 49423
(616) 403-1687
Resource for adoptive, foster, and kinship families. Support groups, clothing and book co-op, movie nights, resource lending library, mentoring, wrap around support, moms nights out, dads nights out, book clubs, and trainings.