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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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic - Lapeer County CMH | Lapeer County Community Mental Health (LCCMH) | Community Mental Health | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Occupations Requiring an MSW; Psychiatrists; Counselors; Peer Support Specialists | 48446 | 6 | Yes | |
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic - Genesee Health System | Genesee Health System | Community Mental Health | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Occupations Requiring an MSW; Psychiatrists; Counselors; Peer Support Specialists | 48503 | 6 | Yes | |
Core Addictions and Recovery Education for Nurse Practitioners (CARE4NPs) | Saginaw Valley State University | 4-Year IHE | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Family Nurse Practitioners; Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners | 48710 | 5 | Yes | |
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Clinical Support Grant | University of Michigan at Ann Arbor | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Advance Practice Registered Nurse students, Physician Assistant students | 48109 | 9 | 03/03/2025 | No |
Sacred Bundle R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Project - A State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention Initiative | American Indian Health and Family Services of Southeast Michigan, various state and county suicide prevention authorities and crisis centers | Health Centers | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Healthcare, general | 48210 | 10 | Yes | |
EMT to Paramedic Pathway | Jackson College, Emergent Health Partners Education | 2-Year IHE | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Emergency Medical Technicians; Paramedics | 49201 | 9 | Yes | |
Region V Public Health Training Center (RVPHTC) expansion | Region V Public Health Training Center | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Public Health Professionals; Physician Group | 48109 | 9 | Yes | |
Madison High School Biomedical Sciences CTE | Madison High School, ProMedica Charles & Virginia Hickman Hospital | Career Techs | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High school students | 49221 | 9 | Yes | |
The WellBridge Group Employee Education Benefits | WellBridge Group/NexCare Health Systems | Skilled Nursing | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND healthcare workforce retention | Nursing Assistants; Registered Nurses | 48116 | 9 | 03/03/2025 | Yes |
Postbac MEDPREP | University of Michigan Medical School | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | College students, general | 48109 | 9 | Yes | |
CNA Career Pathway Program at Brio Living Services | Brio Living Services | Home Care and Hospice | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Nursing Assistants | 48118 | 9 | Yes | |
School-Based Early Childhood Behavioral Health Program | EMU (EMU Community Behavioral Health Center), University of Michigan | 4-Year IHE | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Psychology students | 48197 | 9 | 05/01/2025 | No |
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