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Michigan Initiatives

Healthcare Workforce Initiatives in Michigan

We've compiled a list of healthcare initiatives throughout the state of Michigan. The list can be filtered for prosperity region or zip code or searched for a keyword.

 

Michigan is grouped geographically into ten prosperity regions. Prosperity regions were created in 2013 to encourage local private, public, and non-profit partners from each region to develop a local economic vision. Additionally, state agencies have organized their services around these new geographic boundaries to create a better structure for collaboration.

Click on the initiative name below to learn more about what they're doing to support or grow the healthcare workforce.​​

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Michigan prosperity regions map is from Michigan.gov

* 0 indicates state-wide initiatives

Initiative Name
Organization(s)
Healthcare Industry
Workforce Development Focus
Occupations
Zip Code
Prosperity Region
Last Updated
Active?
Doctors Of Tomorrow
University of Michigan
4 Year IHE
Increasing number of healthcare workers
High school students
48201
10
25/11/2024
Yes
Start-to-Finish Nursing Program
Central Michigan University; Covenant HealthCare; Trinity Health Grand Rapids
4- Year IHE
Increasing number of healthcare workers
Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner
48859
5
20/11/2024
Yes
Michigan Youth Mental Health Corps.
Schultz Family Foundation, Pinterest and AmeriCorps
Philanthropic Organizations
Increasing Number of Healthcare Workers
Psychology, Community Mental Health, Social Work
48109
9
20/11/2024
Yes
Campuswide Pre-Pharmacy Mentoring Program
Wayne State University
4-Year IHE
Increasing number of healthcare workers
Pre-Pharmacy students
48202
10
Yes
Michigan Behavioral Health Internship Stipend Program (MI-BHISP)
MDHHS, Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI)
State Department and Agencies
Increasing number of healthcare workers
Social Work students; Counseling students; Psychology students; Other
48864
0
05/01/2025
Yes
Increasing Access, Recruitment and Retention of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners
Michigan State University College of Nursing
4-Year IHE
Improving the quality of healthcare workforce
Nurses, general
48824
7
Yes
Recovery Training Institute- Community Health Worker Training Program
Detroit Recovery Project, Inc.; Recovery Training Institute
Nonprofits
Increasing number of healthcare workers
Community Health Workers
48203
10
09/02/2025
Yes
Community Health Worker Academy: Workforce Development to Improve Urban Health Care and Advance Helth Equity
Wayne State University
4-Year IHE
Increasing number of healthcare workers AND improving the quality of healthcare workforce
Community Health Workers
48202
10
02/02/2025
Yes
University of Michigan Geriatric Guardianship Project
University of Michigan
4-Year IHE
Improving the quality of healthcare workforce
Medical Students; Social Work Students
48109
9
05/01/2025
No
Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Grant- University of Detroit Mercy
University of Detroit Mercy
4-Year IHE
Improving the quality of healthcare workforce
Nurse Anesthetists
48221
10
05/01/2025
Yes
2020 Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship
University of Michigan
4-Year IHE
Increasing number of healthcare workers AND improving the quality of healthcare workforce
Nurse Anesthetists
48109
9
05/01/2025
No
Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship HRSA-20-007 Combating the Opioid Crisis by Increasing the Nurse Anesthesia Workforce in Rural and Underserved Communities
Michigan State University College of Nursing
4-Year IHE
Increasing number of healthcare workers AND improving the quality of healthcare workforce
Nurse Anesthetists
48824
7
05/01/2025
No
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