Parent, Family, and Child Resources
Find helpful resources for parents, families, and children.
Oakland County
Adoption Identity Movement of Michigan
Phone: 248-548-6291
Lutheran Adoptive Service
Phone: 248-423-2770
Spaulding Center for Children
Phone: 248-443-7080 (Southfield)
Phone: 248-443-0300
Wayne County
Catholic Social Services of Wayne County
Phone: 313-883-2100
Children’s Center
Phone: 313-831-5535
Ennis Center for Children (Detroit)
Phone: 313-342-2699
Evergreen Children’s Services (Detroit)
Phone: 313-862-1000
Judson Center
Phone: 313-794-5653
Homes for Black Children
Phone: 313-961-4777
Lula Belle Stewart Center
Phone: 313-867-2372
Lutheran Social Services (Detroit)
Phone: 313-823-7700
Spectrum Human Services (Livonia)
Phone: 734-458-8736
National Child Helpline (24 hrs)
Phone: 800-422-4453 (1-800-4-A-CHILD)
Child Abuse and Neglect Council
Phone: 248-975-5010, 24 hour hotline
Children’s Aid Society
Phone: 313-961-8100
Child’s Hope (UM-Dearborn)
Phone: 313-583-6401
Child Protective Services (Michigan Dept. of Human Services)
Phone: 855-444-3911
Children’s Center
Phone: 313-831-5535
Macomb County Child Protective Services
Phone: 586-412-6109; 586-254-1513
Wayne County Department of Children and Family Services
Phone: 313-833-3464
Child Care Aware
Phone: 800-424-2246
*They are a clearinghouse and referral service for childcare services.
Child Day Care Licensing/ MI Department of Human Services
State Office: 866-685-0006
Michigan’s Child Development and Care Program
*The CDC Program is a section of Michigan’s Department of Human Services working to help low-income families pay for child care while parents work, attend high school, or are receiving medical treatment. Check the website to see if you qualify.
Macomb County
Child Care Coordinating Council
Macomb County 4C: 586-469-6993 or 800-621-8661
*4C provides resource and referral information, technical assistance, and consultation, child development and family life education, cooperative planning, community linkages, collaboration training, analysis of public policies and legislation, as well as emergency child care assistance.
Oakland County
Oakland Family Services
Phone: 248-858-7766
*A wealth of Family Services, the following website includes useful information and resources
Oakland County Child Care Coordinating Council
Phone: 248-681-9192
Washtenaw County
Family Support Network-Time for Tots serves only those in the FSN network
Ann Arbor
Phone: 734-332-8687
Wayne County
Child Day Care Licensing/ MI Department of Human Services
Wayne County: 313-456-0380
Family Independence Agency (referral only)
Inkster: 313-277-4800
Romulus: 734-595-9243
Henry Ford Community College Child Development Center (operated by Dearborn Public Schools)
All-Day Preschool Care
Phone: 313-317-6527
Kids Kare at Home
734-936-8677
*For University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Dearborn, or Flint campuses) faculty and staff: offered to help families at U of M who have sick children or who need back up emergency care for times when regular care is unavailable, for children 13 years or younger or for older children with special needs who cannot be left alone.
UM-Dearborn Early Childhood Education Center
313-593-5424
The ECEC is a State of Michigan approved and National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accredited early learning center for young children.
YWCA of Western Wayne County
Head Start
26279 Michigan Avenue
Inkster, MI 48141
Phone: 313-561-4110 ext. 25
Fax: 313-561-9854
Child Care Financial Assistance
Wayne County
4C Emergency Child Care Assistance Fund
Phone: 313-259-4411
4C Home Stability Program
Phone: 313-923-0421
Children’s Hospitals
Oakland County
Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University Detroit Medical Center-Emergency and Outpatient
41935 West Twelve Mile Road
Novi, MI 48377
248-347-8000
After hours Care: Mon-Fri. 5-9 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun & Holidays 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
248-347-8116
*Specialty clinics, immunizations, baby-sitting classes, car seat safety checks, safety and prevention programs.
Washtenaw County
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0253
734-936-4000
Wayne County
Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University
*Specialty clinics, immunizations, baby-sitting classes, car seat safety checks, safety and prevention programs.
Children’s Hospital of Michigan-Emergency
3901 Beaubien Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48201
313-745-KIDS
Detroit Medical Center Outpatient Center
3904 Beaubien Blvd. 3rd floor
Detroit, MI 48201
313-745-5635
Immunizations
Oakland County
Oakland County Health Division
Telephone:
- 248-858-1305 (North Oakland)
- 248-424-7046 (South Oakland)
- 248-926-3361 (West Oakland)
*Immunizations are offered to infants, toddlers, preschoolers, children, teens, and adults. Annual flu shots begin in middle to late October each year.
Wayne County
Wayne County Health Department Immunizations
Phone: 313-876-4333
Pediatric Urgent Care
Macomb County
Wee Care/Pediatric Care Clinic
Henry Ford Sterling Heights Medical Center
586-977-9932 3500 15 Mile Rd., Sterling Heights
Oakland County
Beaumont Pediatric Urgent Care
44201 Dequindre Troy, MI 2888
248-964-7100
3601 W. 13 Mile Rd. Royal Oak, MI 48073
248-898-0222
*Under the M-Care Plan
Crittenton Pediatric After Hours Center
1101 W. University Dr. Rochester Hills, MI 48309
248-652-5494
*Under the M-Care plan
Wayne County
Child and Teen After-Hours Clinic
25614 Ford Road
Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
313-561-4690
*Under the M-Care plan
Pediatric Care Plus
577 Inkster Rd. Garden City, MI 48135
248-477-7587
*Under M-Care plan
Special Needs Services
Visiting Nurses Association of Southeast MI (VNA)
Phone: 248-967-1440
MI Association for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Phone: 517-487-0066; 800-968-7327
Wayne County
Child Care Coordinating Council
Phone: 313-259-4411
Children’s Special Health Care Services
Phone: 313-876-0180
Citizens Alliance to Uphold Special Ed (CAUSE)
Phone: 248-424-9010; 800-298-4424
Detroit Family Support 360 Project
Phone: 313-577-2654
Detroit Health Department
Phone: 313-876-4513
Detroit Public Schools
Phone: 313-873-3111
Health Emergency Lifeline Programs
Phone: 313-832-3300; 888-435-5655
Wayne County Regional Education Service Agency
Phone: 313-224-0810
Michigan Courts
downloadable child support alimony guide.
Michigan State Bar Association
306 Townsend Street
Lansing, MI 48933-2083
517-346-6300
*Can contact to find out more about pro bono or volunteer lawyer programs. Find out if you qualify for free legal representation and what lawyers are in your area.
Single Momz
*Their goal is to provide an informative and supportive network where Single Mothers can share experiences and knowledge, form friendships, and caring in support of each other and Single Mothers everywhere. There are a variety of topics, ranging from potty training to presidential candidates, child support to career strategies, teenagers to time savors.
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
313-961-6120
Deaf Counseling Services Center
Phone: 313-493-6274 or 313-493-6277 (TDD)
Deaf Options
Phone: 313-961-8120
Detroit Public Schools
Phone: 313-873-3111
Job Corp
U.S Department of Labor
No cost
Phone: 313-852-4077
Wayne County Head Start
Phone: 1-866-534-5437
Wayne County Regional Education Service Agency (RESA)
Phone: 734-334-1300
Starfish Family Services
Phone: 734-728-3400
*Offers head start, adult learning, tutoring, and a Kids’ Club Program
Salvation Army
Wayne/Westland- 734-722-3660
Detroit- 313-309-3372
Wayne/Westland Schools
Phone: 734-419-2000
Community Literacy
Plymouth MI
Phone: 734-416-4906
Downriver Literacy Council
Phone: 734-246-4633
Michigan Department of Human Services
Macomb County: 586-469-7700
Oakland County: 248-669-7600
Wayne County: 313-277-4800
*All services are based on family size and income to determine need. A person applying for services needs to fill out an application, have a picture ID, and be interviewed. This agency handles the following: Medicaid (insurance for low-income families, pregnant women, children and seniors), Food Stamps, and Welfare.
Human Services Department-city of Southfield
Phone: 248-796-4540
and *They keep listing of the food pantries and shelters that are available within their own city. They also provide direct assistance in eviction, utilities, food, clothing, and medications for SouthfieldLathrup Village residents only.
Latino Family Services
3815 West Fort Street
Detroit, MI 48216
313-841-7380
*Parenting skills, HIV testing, help with domestic violence issues.
Lighthouse
46156 Woodward
Pontiac, MI
Phone: 248-920-6000
Serves only North Oakland County. This is a grant supported, non-profit agency that helps people with paying bills, finding jobs, food and prescriptions. To qualify, individuals need evidence of low income, driver’s license or picture ID, have not used the services of the Lighthouse within the previous year. People can apply for financial assistance for paying utility bills, receive food once per month (canned food or boxed food), have prescriptions paid for once per year, have their first months rent and/or security deposit paid. They also have a job program to teach people how to write a resume, interview, and find area jobs.
Lighthouse Outreach Center
28517 Gratiot
Roseville, MI 48066
Phone: 586-776-1230
Michigan Federation of Private Child & Family Agencies
230 N. Washington Square, Suite 300
Lansing, MI 48933
Phone: 517-485-8552
Open Door Outreach Center
8050 Cooley Lake Rd.
White Lake, MI 48386
Phone: 248-360-2930
*Serves a very a very specific area which is determined by zip code. Their service area includes parts of Waterford, West Bloomfield, Commerce, Walled Lake, and White Lake. There is an outreach center, food pantry, clothing and emergency financial aid.
Planned Parenthood
Phone: 313-822-7285
WIC Program
Macomb County: 586-469-5471
Oakland County: 248-858-1272
Wayne County: 734-727-7106
*WIC is a program of the Michigan Department of Public Health. Need is based on the size of family and income. This program is mainly for pregnant women and babies under the age of one year, and children under the age of five. They supply coupons for various foods and provide information about nutrition.
Adult Foster Care and Day Care Licensing - Michigan Dept. of Human Services
Phone: 866-856-0126
Boysville of Michigan-Detroit Area
Phone: 313-895-2200
Catholic Social Services of Wayne County
Phone: 313-883-2100
Children’s Center
Phone: 313-831-5520
Community Living Services
Phone: 734-722-7091
Ennis Center for Children (Detroit)
Phone: 313-342-2699
Evergreen Children’s Services (Detroit)
Phone: 313-862-1000
Girlstown Foundation (Belleville, ages 12-19)
Phone: 734-697-4804
Homes for Black Children
Phone: 313-961-4777
Judson Center (Southfield)
Phone: 248-549-4339
Lutheran Social Services (Detroit)
Phone: 313-823-7700
Methodist Children’s Home
Phone: 313-531-4060
St. Francis Family Center
Phone: 248-552-0750
Spaulding Center for Children (Southfield)
Phone: 248-443-7080
Spectrum Human Services
Phone: 734-458-8736
Vista Maria
Phone: 313-271-3050
Wayne County Dept. of Children and Family Services
Phone: 313-833-3464
Wolverine Human Services
Phone: 313-295-6264
ACCESS
Youth and Family Service Center
2651 Saulino Court
Dearborn, MI 48120
Phone: 313-842-7010
Black Family Development
2995 East Grand Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48202
Fax: 313-758-0150
Children and Adults with ADD (CHADD)
The national website offers links to several Michigan groups.
The Children’s Center
79 Alexandrine West
Detroit, MI 48201
Phone: 313-831-5535
Development Centers
To learn about the services offered contact the ACCESS DEPARTMENT representatives at 313-531-2500
Nest Child Card and Parent Institute
Phone: 313-444-3844
The Guidance Center
A human services organization dedicated to the mental well-being of children, adults and families in Wayne County. For more information on specific services, call 734-785-7700 and ask for a Client Referral Specialist.
HRC Parenting Resource
Offers professional opinions, social science research, and state law resources about GLBT parenting and adoption.
Latino Family Services
3815 West Fort St.
Detroit, MI 48216
Phone: 313-279-3232
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)
Offers a number of programs to help you and your family with temporary assistance when times are tough.
Starfish Family Services
Parenting Programs
Phone: 888-355-5433
YWCA of Metropolitan Detroit
985 E Jefferson Ave Suite 101
Phone: 313-259-9922
YWCA of Western Wayne County
26279 Michigan Avenue
Inkster, MI 48141
Phone: 313-561-4110