The Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute (DDI) is looking for teens and young adults with a developmental disability for a study.  Young people and their parents will be asked about the activities they like to do. Some questions will be about physical and social activities. Some will be about how the person feels about them self. People in the study will get gift certificates to try new activities. 

Starting April 1, 2014, Michigan's version of Medicaid expansion, The Healthy Michigan Plan, began accepting applications online, by phone, or in person at local Michigan Department of Human Services offices.

Information on how to enroll as well as information on the transition from the Adult Benefits Waiver program to the Healthy Michigan Plan will be updated on the Michigan Department of Community Health website.

The Michigan Department of Education is proposing changes to the rules that govern how special education students are accommodated in our state’s public schools. The public comment period ended at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 13, 2014.

On Jan. 21, 2014, Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley unveiled Michigan’s Mental Health and Wellness Commission Report. The commission, appointed by Governor Snyder, was made up of the “left of the left” and the “right of the right” on the political spectrum from the Michigan Legislature and chaired by the lieutenant governor himself and vice-chaired by James Haveman, Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health respectively.

Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service, Inc. (MPAS) is encouraged by the Michigan Department of Education’s Draft School Discipline Policy Statement; however, we feel that, without stronger guidance from the State Board of Education and the Michigan Department of Education, schools will continue to remove students who present challenges. As a starting point, the state Board of Education should refer to the joint letter from the Department of Justice and Department of Education dated Jan.

Bill is short-sighted, harmful to people with mental illness and their families

Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc. (MPAS) today joined its fellow Protection and Advocacy (P&A) organizations across the country and the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), in condemning H.R. 3717, recently introduced by Congressman Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania.  If passed, this bill would dismantle the Protection and Advocacy program for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) by cutting its current funding by nearly 85 percent.