MDHHS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 16, 2021
CONTACT: Bob Wheaton, 517-241-2112
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has created a task force to prevent and eliminate systemic racism in the state’s child protection system and transform it to make family well-being and preventing abuse, neglect and trauma the top priority of the department’s Children’s Services Agency.
MDHHS is partnering with MPHI, a non-profit public-private partnership created to support MDHHS, to establish the Child Welfare Improvement Task Force to address racial disparities in child welfare. The action is an acknowledgement of the beliefs of Gov. Whitmer and MDHHS that systemic racism is a public health threat.
MDHHS creates task force to address racial disparities in stateâs child protection system
Provided by Michigan Department of Health & Human Services
and last updated 2021-02-16 09:40:30-05
LANSING, Mich. â The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has created a task force to prevent and eliminate systemic racism in the stateâs child protection system.
The goal is to transform the system to make family well-being and preventing abuse, neglect and trauma the top priority of the departmentâs Childrenâs Services Agency, according to a news release Tuesday.
MDHHS is partnering with MPHI, a nonprofit, public-private partnership created to establish the task force.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has announced the creation of a new task force to fight racism in the state's child protection system. The
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