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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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Advanced Baccalaureate Learning Experience (ABLE) | MSU College of Human Medicine | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | College students, general | 48824 | 7 | Yes | |
Michigan HOSA | HOSA, MHC | Associations | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Middle school students; high school students | 48864 | 7 | 09/02/2025 | Yes |
MiYARN | MI LEO Office of Employment and Training, MDE Office of Career and Technical Education | State Department and Agencies | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Nursing Assistants; Healthcare, general; Apprentices | 48933 | 7 | Yes | |
Secondary Career and Technical Education (CTE) Programs | MDE Office of Career and Technical Education | State Department and Agencies | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High school students | 48933 | 0 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
Early Middle College | MDE | State Department and Agencies | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High school students | 48933 | 7 | 03/03/2025 | Yes |
Mi-ELSiS | MHC, MDE, MSU, GVSU, CMU, Wayne State, UofM, JCISD, Cedar Springs School District, GIRESD, Wayne RESA | State Department and Agencies | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND healthcare workforce retention | Occupations Requiring an MSW | 48933 | 7 | 03/03/2025 | Yes |
Going PRO Talent Fund | LEO and Michigan Works! | Michigan Works! | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce AND healthcare workforce retention | Healthcare, general | 48912 | 7 | Yes | |
Master of Public Health Program Workforce Development Committee | MSU | 4-Year IHE | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Public health professionals | 48824 | 7 | Yes | |
Osteopathic Medical Scholars (OMSP) | MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | College students, general | 48824 | 7 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
Expansion of Psychiatric Mental Health NP Program | MSU | State Department and Agencies | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Registered Nurses; Nurse Practitioners | 48824 | 7 | Yes | |
Bureau of Professional Licensing
Michigan Board of Nursing
Nurse Scholarship Program | Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs | State Department and Agencies | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Nursing students | 48909 | 7 | Yes | |
Health Center Careers Training Program | Michigan Primary Care Association | Associations | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Medical Assistants; Dental Assistants; Community Health Workers; Doulas; Pharmacy Technicians | 48917 | 7 | 02/12/2024 | Yes |
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