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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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ECLIPSE Student Leadership Initiative | Oakland University | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Students, general | 48309 | 10 | 03/03/2025 | Yes |
Southeast Michigan Center for Medical Education (SEMCME) | Southeast Michigan Center for Medical Education (SEMCME) | Associations | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Medical school students; Physician Group; Healthcare, general | 48201 | 10 | 02/02/2025 | Yes |
AHEC Scholars Program | Michigan AHEC | Associations | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Students, general | 48202 | 10 | 02/02/2025 | Yes |
CVS Workforce Center Mock Pharmacy | CVS Workforce Innovation and Talent Center | Other | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High school students | 48208 | 10 | 09/02/2025 | Yes |
Wayne Med-Direct | Wayne State University | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | College students, general; Medical school students | 48202 | 10 | 02/02/2025 | Yes |
Bridge to Healthcare Degree Program | DESC Michigan Works!, Henry Ford College | Michigan Works! | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Physical Therapist Assistants; Registered Nurses; Respiratory Therapists; Surgical Technologists; Radiologic Technologists and Technicians | 48201 | 10 | 03/03/2025 | Yes |
USDOL Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Apprenticeship Building Grant | SEMCA-WIN, USDOL | Associations | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND improving the quality of healthcare workforce AND healthcare workforce retention | Apprentices | 48180 | 10 | Yes | |
Easterseals Workforce Expansion Initiative | Easterseals MORC, Oakland University | Nonprofits | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND healthcare workforce retention | Social work students; Occupations Requiring an MSW | 48326 | 10 | 01/01/2025 | Yes |
Employee Benefits at Community First Health Centers | Community First Health Centers | Health Centers | Healthcare workforce retention | Healthcare, general | 48048 | 10 | Yes | |
(Readying Youth Scientists for Excellence in Medicine, Health Equity and Discovery) RYSE MED Program | Henry Ford Health | Hospitals | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High school students | 48202 | 10 | Yes | |
Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District | Brimley Area Schools, Detour Area Schools, Engadine Consolidated Schools, Les Cheneaux Community Schools, Ojibwe Charter School, Pickford Public Schools, Rudyard Area Schools, Sault Area Public Schools, Tahquamenon Area Schools | Career Techs | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High school students, CNA | 49868 | 1 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
Copper County ISD CTE | Copper County ISD | Career Techs | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High school students | 49930 | 1 | Yes |
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