The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is a principal department of state of Michigan, headquartered in Lansing, that provides public assistance, child and family welfare services, and oversees health policy and management.

[4][5] In August 2007, Governor Jennifer Granholm named Ismael Ahmed to replace Marianne Udow as department director effective September 10, 2007.

[6] In January 2021, Governor Whitmer named Elizabeth Hertel as department director.

Hertel was serving as the Chief Deputy of Administration at MDHHS from 2019 until she was appointed as Director.

The program offers a monthly food package, breastfeeding information, access to a registered dietician, among other resources to provide healthy nutrition.