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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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CHW Training | Grand Rapids Community College, Cherry Health, Trinity Health, Corewell Health's Healthier Communities | 2-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Community Health Workers | 49503 | 4 | Yes | |
Kent Career Tech Center CTE | Kent ISD, GVSU | Career Techs | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High school students | 49525 | 4 | 09/02/2025 | Yes |
Wheels to Work | Trinity Health Mercy Health & St. Joseph Mercy Health System | Hospitals | Healthcare workforce retention | Healthcare, general | 49503 | 4 | Yes | |
GRCC Nursing program and UMH-West partnership | Grand Rapids Community College, University of Michigan Health - West | Hospitals | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Nursing students | 49519 | 4 | Yes | |
Evidence-Based SUD Prevention and Treatment in School Health Centers | Cherry Health, Michigan Primary Care Association, 5 Kent County school clinics | Health Centers | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Child, Family, and School Social Workers | 49503 | 4 | 05/01/2025 | No |
Allegan Area ESA CTE | Allegan Area ESA Tech Center | Career Techs | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High school students | 49010 | 4 | Yes | |
Careerline Tech Center CTE | Ottawa Area ISD | Career Techs | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High school students | 49424 | 4 | Yes | |
Ferris State University Michigan College of Optometry/Pharmacy Early Assurance Opportunitty | Aquinas College, Ferris State University | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Optometry students; Pharmacy students | 49506 | 4 | 05/01/2025 | No |
GVSU Public Health Articulation Agreements | GVSU, LSSU, NMU | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | College students, general | 49503 | 4 | Yes | |
West Central Health Careers Collaborative | Michigan Works! West Central | Michigan Works! | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Healthcare, general | 49307 | 4 | Yes | |
R.I.S.E. Up Program | West Michigan Works!, Trinity Health, The Source | Michigan Works! | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Healthcare, general | 49058 | 4 | 05/01/2025 | No |
Day One Doula Collective | Baxter Community Center, HealthConnect One, KConnect | Nonprofits | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Doulas | 49506 | 4 | Yes |
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