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Welcome newest Federation Full Member: Heart for Home!
Heart for Home is led by Chief Administrator, Alisa Otto. Located in Kalamazoo, Heart for Home is committed to connecting Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship children with supportive and healing homes for respite care. They strive to recruit, prepare, and support FAK respite homes before, during, and after by being honest, open-minded, and listening to family's needs and concerns in order to connect them with resources to be successful.
Service area: Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Calhoun, Cass, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, Ottawa, St. Joseph, Van Buren.
Welcome newest Federation Full Member: Hegira Health, Inc.!
Hegira Health, Inc. is led by CEO, Carol Zuniga. Located in Livonia, MI and providing behavioral health services, community based services, family counseling services and substance use services.
Hegira Health, Inc. (HHI), is a recognized leader of community-based behavioral healthcare in the western and downriver regions of Wayne County, MI. Since 1971, HHI has been growing and innovating to ensure the health, safety and well-being needs of our community are met. Through our team’s commitment to excellence in service that embraces all people with integrity and resolve, we offer a comprehensive array of services, for persons and families from birth through adulthood, to address mental health and substance use, primary medical care and the needs of person with intellectual and developmental disabilities. As a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC), it is our charge to ensure that quality, individualized, rapidly accessible integrated treatment and prevention services are available to all persons regardless of severity of illness, ability to pay or residence.
Hegira Health, Inc. is accredited by the Joint Commission and by the American Association of Suicidology. All service locations are licensed by the State of Michigan and staffed by experienced professionals.
Michigan Federation for Children and Families
2024 Senior Management Conference Program
2024 Compensation Data Report is available for purchase!
This comprehensive 90-page report reflects wage and benefit information current as of January 31, 2024, provided by 47 private, nonprofit community-based agencies across Michigan and summarizing 4,288 actual hourly wages encompassing 93 job classifications.
The data is presented in aggregate and in two subsets to permit a closer comparison among similarly sized organizations: 23 agencies with annual budgets under $6 million and 24 agencies with annual budgets above $6 million.
CLICK HERE to view “What’s In It”—the contents, how to read the data report, position descriptions, and participating agencies.
Copies of the report have been distributed via email to Federation Full Member CEOs and HR directors as a member benefit and to non-Federation agencies that paid to participate.
Non-participating non-member agencies and individuals may purchase the report for $400.
For Federation Affiliate Member CEOs and Corporate Sponsors, the price is $250.
Welcome to Federation's newest Corporate Sponsor Strategic Services Group!
Strategic Services Group (SSG) is a leading insurance consulting and brokerage firm located in Rochester Hills, MI, that specializes in group employee benefits plan design for mid-size employers. SSG implements, manages, and administers competitive group health benefit plans with multiple lines of insurance coverage for clients across a range of industries in the Michigan marketplace and beyond.
Strategic Services Group (SSG) takes a consultative approach in helping clients solve their toughest employee benefits, HR and compliance challenges and is dedicated to delivering solutions and cost- effective strategies designed to reduce healthcare spend, empower your workforce, and alleviate administrative burden. Learn more at https://www.ssgmi.com/.
2024-2025 Child Welfare In-Service Training Catalog
The 2024-2025 Child Welfare In-Service Training Catalog featuring opportunities that are offered FREE of charge to family preservation and child welfare workers and supervisors at private agencies that contract with MDHHS, as well as DHHS employees.
All of these trainings are DHHS approved for meeting the in-service training hour requirements set forth by DHHS requiring all caseworkers to receive a minimum of at least 32 hours of in-service training hours annually, and supervisors 16 hours annually. Training participants may also earn CE hours.
You will also find attached the FREE Parent Training opportunities that can be shared with foster, adoptive, kinship/relative and birth parents to support their training needs, and required hours of training as well.
Please direct any questions you may have about these courses to the MSU School of Social Work or the university hosting these trainings-- and remember to register soon, as courses have limited space and will fill up quickly!
Welcome newest Federation Affiliate Member: Bridgeway Services, Inc.!
Bridgeway Services, Inc is led by Director, Amy Rebant, MLS, MBA (she/her). Bridgeway has been committed to helping the youth and families since it was founded in 1999.
Bridgeway works with families, parents, and the youth to provide complete, comprehensive treatment plans that meet juvenile justice system court requirements.
As one of the five Care Management Organizations (CMO) contracted by Wayne County, Bridgeway collaborates with MiSide and The Guidance Center to develop treatment plans that work. In fact, 80 percent of the youth referred to Bridgeway for in-home services were released from court and the juvenile justice system in nine months.
Welcome newest Federation Full Member: Orchards Children’s Services!
Orchards Children’s Services is led by President and Chief Executive Officer, Nicole Lawson. Orchards Children’s Services provides foster care, adoption, family preservation and education \ job readiness, accredited by COA.
Orchards serves over 8,000 children throughout 15 counties in the state of Michigan. They are dedicated to fulfilling their mission of strengthening the community through quality services to children and families.
Welcome newest Federation Full Member: Genacross Family & Youth Services!
Genacross Lutheran Services is led by Executive Director, Katie Zawisza. Genacross Youth Services provides residential treatment, parental support, behavioral health, day treatment and homemaker/personal care services to children, youth, families and adults throughout Ohio and the surrounding region. Genacross operates a group home in Adrian, Michigan which provides residential treatment and behavioral health services.
Welcome Federation’s Newest Corporate Sponsor: Toshiba Business Solutions
Toshiba Business Solutions is a global leader in office printing and document management solutions headquartered in Troy, Mi. Whatever the size of your company, Toshiba offers a wide selection secure Multi-function printers, desktop printers, cloud fax solutions to help your staff work more efficiently.
Welcome newest Michigan Federation Corporate Sponsor: J.K. Elder & Associates!
Welcome newest Federation Full Member: Starfish Family Services!
Starfish Family Services is led by CEO, Roxanne Brinkerhoff. Founded in 1963, Starfish Family Services is a nonprofit human service agency, recognized as a champion for children and families across metro Detroit who have limited access to essential resources such as education, healthcare, and economic opportunities. Serving more than 3,000 children and their families annually, they provide high-quality programs and support services that focus on early childhood education and development, behavioral health wellness, and empowered parents. Through their holistic approach, Starfish partners with families so they have access to the right resources at the right time.
Welcome newest Federation Full Member: Great Lakes Recovery Centers!
Great Lakes Recovery Centers is led by CEO, Greg Toutant. GLRC is a non-profit CARF accredited agency specializing in substance abuse and mental health treatment for youth, families and adults.
GLRC currently has ten outpatient offices across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, four residential treatment facilities - women’s and men’s New Hope Houses in Sault Ste. Marie, Adolescent Services Center in Negaunee, and Adult Residential Services in Marquette, as well as five recovery houses and prevention services.
Welcome Federation’s Newest Corporate Sponsor: Company Mileage!
Company Mileage is a mileage reimbursement software that saves 25% on mileage costs.
Through point-to-point calculations, integration with major accounting platforms, and user-friendly mobile applications, CompanyMileage virtually eliminates issues created by traditional odometer readings.
