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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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mott Workforce Promise Program | Mott Community College | 2-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Healthcare, general; College students, general | 48503 | 6 | Yes | |
Summer Youth Work Experience Program | GST Michigan Works!, Greater Flint Health Coalition | Michigan Works! | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Healthcare, general | 48503 | 6 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
Leadership in Medicine for the Underserved (LMU) Certificate | MSU College of Human Medicine | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Medical school students | 48502 | 6 | Yes | |
MyMichigan Nurse Internship Program | MyMichigan Health | Hospitals | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Nursing students | 48670 | 5 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
New Graduate Nurse Residency Program | MyMichigan Health | Hospitals | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Registered Nurses | 48670 | 5 | Yes | |
Dental Assistant Training Program | Great Lakes Bay Health Centers | Health Centers | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Dental Assistants | 48607 | 5 | Yes | |
Mid Central Health Careers Pipeline Program (HCPP) | Mid Central AHEC (which is housed within CMU College of Medicine) | AHEC | Increasing the number of healthcare workers | High school students | 48859 | 5 | 03/03/2025 | Yes |
MyMichigan Health Employee Wellbeing Initiative | MyMichigan Health | Hospitals | Healthcare workforce retention | Healthcare, general | 48670 | 5 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
Bay-Arenac ISD CTE | Bay-Arenac ISD | Career Techs | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High school students | 48706 | 5 | 02/02/2025 | Yes |
Preceptor Program | MyMichigan Health | Hospitals | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Nurses, general | 48670 | 5 | Yes | |
Saginaw Career Complex CTE | Saginaw ISD, Covenant HealthCare | Career Techs | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High school students, CNA, Physical Therapist Assistant | 48602 | 5 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
Specialty Unit Nurse Residencies | MyMichigan Health | Hospitals | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND healthcare workforce retention | Registered Nurses | 48670 | 5 | Yes |
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