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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.
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SMART Public Act (Student Mental Health Apprenticeship Program for Retention and Training) | Michigan Association of School Psychologists, NASW Michigan, MASSW | Associations | Increasing number of healthcare workers | School Psychology students | 48933 | 7 | Yes | |
Interprofessional Peer Education and Evidence for Recovery (I-PEER) Program | Western Michigan University College of Health and Human Services | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Social Work students; Counseling students | 49008 | 8 | 03/03/2025 | Yes |
Medicaid Coverage of Services Expansion for Behavioral Health Graduates | Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) | State Department and Agencies | Healthcare workforce retention | Occupations Requiring an MSW; Psychologists; Counselors | 48933 | 7 | Yes | |
Rural Telepsychiatry Fellowship | Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, North Country Community Mental Health | Skilled Nursing | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND healthcare workforce retention | Other: Psychiatry Fellows | 49548 | 4 | Yes | |
Grants to Prevent Zero Suicide in Health Systems- Hope Network | SAMHSA, Hope Network Behavioral Health Services | Nonprofits | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Other: Behavioral Health Workers, general; Healthcare, general | 49546 | 4 | 07/11/2024 | Yes |
Grant to Prevent Zero Suicide in Health Systems - Henry Ford Health System | SAMHSA, Henry Ford Health System | Hospitals | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Other: Behavioral Health Workers, general; Healthcare, general | 48202 | 10 | Yes | |
Grant to Prevent Zero Suicide in Health Systems - Kalamazoo Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services | SAMHSA, Kalamzoo Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services | Community Mental Health | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Occupations Requiring an MSW; Psychiatrists; Counselors; Peer Support Specialists | 49007 | 8 | Yes | |
Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Program | Genesee Health System (Genesee Community Health Center), Hurley Medical Center, McLaren Health Care, MSU Department of Psychiatry | Health Centers | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Other: Psychiatry Residents | 48503 | 6 | Yes | |
Behavioral Health Accelerated Degree Program Grants | National Association of Social Work-Michigan, various Schools of Social Work in Michigan, Community Mental Health, Michigan House of Representatives | State Department and Agencies | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Occupations Requiring an MSW | 48909 | 7 | Yes | |
BHWET - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Funding | UM-Flint, Carriage Town Ministries Health Screening and Education Clinic, Genesee Country Free Medical Clinic, Hamilton Community Health Network, HRSA | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner students | 48502 | 6 | Yes | |
Primary Care Training and Enhancement - Residency Training in Mental and Behavioral Health | Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Western Michigan University Resiliency Center, Western Michigan University Division of Pediatric Psychology, HRSA | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Other: Residents | 49007 | 8 | Yes | |
BHWET - A Culturally-Responsive Behavioral Health Occupational Therapy Training Program | Davenport University, Grand Rapids African American Health Institute (GRAAHI), Hope Network Behavioral Health Services, HRSA | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Occupational Therapy students | 49512 | 4 | Yes |
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