Farmington Hills shares a single school district — Farmington Public Schools — with the neighboring city of Farmington, and that district runs its own special-education office alongside Oakland Schools, the countywide intermediate school district that adds an autism-specific consultant role for every Oakland County family.

The city is also home to the administrative headquarters of Judson Center, a Michigan nonprofit that runs ABA therapy across Metro Detroit, and to the county's public behavioral health authority, Oakland Community Health Network, which is the door to Medicaid-funded ABA. This page lists the phone numbers each organization has published.

Statewide programs, numbers, and rights are on the Michigan page. This page adds the local entry points that are specific to Farmington Hills (Oakland County).

Early intervention under 3: Early On Michigan

Early On is Michigan's single early-intervention system for children from birth to their third birthday, and it works identically for Farmington Hills families as for the rest of the state: a referral by phone or online, made by a parent, a relative, or a physician, with no diagnosis required to start. State rule requires written notice of a family's procedural rights within 10 calendar days of the referral, and the local program then has 45 calendar days to finish the evaluation and hold the first Individualized Family Service Plan meeting. Eligibility follows either a documented 20 percent developmental delay or a diagnosed condition expected to produce one, whichever fits the child. Oakland Schools coordinates Early On countywide and later manages the handoff into preschool special education once a child turns three. The evaluation costs nothing regardless of household income.

• Early On Michigan
• Referral phone: 1-800-327-5966 (1-800-EARLY-ON)

New to early intervention? Read the plain-language guide first.

School districts and special education

Farmington Public Schools is the single district covering both the city of Farmington and Farmington Hills, and it operates a Special Services department for evaluation requests, IEPs, and related supports. Oakland Schools, the county's intermediate school district, adds countywide expertise on top of that, including a Special Populations Consultant role dedicated specifically to autism spectrum disorder — a resource any Oakland County family, including those in Farmington Public Schools, can draw on alongside their home district.

• Farmington Public Schools — Special Education — single district covering both the City of Farmington and Farmington Hills
• Oakland Schools — Special Populations / Autism Spectrum Disorder — Special Populations Consultant – ASD, 248-209-2214; district office 2111 Pontiac Lake Road, Waterford, MI 48328 (248-209-2000)

IEP or 504 · If you disagree with the school

Evaluation and diagnosis pathways in Farmington Hills

These are hospital and university programs with public intake information. Listing here is informational — it is not a recommendation, and it is not medical advice. Public school evaluation is free and does not require any of these.

• Judson Center — Autism Connections — applied behavior analysis led by a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst team, beginning with an intake assessment; also runs Bridges to Success, a transition-focused ABA program for teens and young adults, from its Farmington Hills administrative headquarters and other Metro Detroit locations · 248-549-4339

How assessment works · What to do while you wait

Disability services and waivers: Oakland Community Health Network (OCHN)

Michigan does not operate a separate statewide disability-waiver agency; the Medicaid autism benefit instead runs through each county's Community Mental Health Services Program, under a regional Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan. For Farmington Hills, that agency is Oakland Community Health Network, headquartered in Pontiac. A family calls OCHN's Access line, staffed weekdays 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., which determines how a child's needs can best be met and starts Medicaid eligibility screening; OCHN then connects an approved child to one of its contracted Applied Behavior Analysis providers, using a published provider directory built specifically for families. OCHN also runs a 24/7 crisis line and coordinates broader intellectual and developmental disability services, including Michigan's Habilitation Supports Waiver.

• Oakland Community Health Network (OCHN)
• Phone: 248-464-6363 (Access, weekdays 8am-8pm) · 888-238-0611 (24/7 crisis line)

Local organizations that help Farmington Hills families

• Autism Alliance of Michigan — MiNavigator — free statewide navigation line for diagnosis, school, and funding questions (877-463-2266); headquartered in neighboring Southfield
• Michigan Alliance for Families — federally funded parent training and information center for special education rights, birth through age 26 (800-552-4821)
• The Arc Michigan — statewide advocacy for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families
• Michigan 211 — free 24/7 referral line covering food, housing, and family-crisis support — dial 211 or 844-875-9211

Documented waits and access notes

Wait times change. Each note below links to the public source it came from — confirm current status directly with the program.

• Judson Center's own autism page states the organization has run its Autism Connections program in the region since well before most local competitors and now serves families at multiple locations across Metro Detroit from its Farmington Hills administrative office. (source)
• Michigan's autism insurance mandate (MCL 500.3406s) allows insurers to cap the annual benefit by the covered child's age — $50,000 through age 6, $40,000 for ages 7 to 12, and $30,000 for ages 13 to 18 — instead of guaranteeing an unlimited yearly benefit. (source)
• Michigan gives Farmington Public Schools and Oakland Schools just 30 school days total, starting from signed consent, to finish the evaluation and convene the initial IEP Team meeting. (source)
• For a diagnosed child under 21, Michigan's Medicaid Autism Benefit commonly authorizes 16 to 25 hours a week of ABA under a comprehensive plan, or 5 to 15 hours weekly under a more targeted, focused plan. (source)