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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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Caregiver Incentive Project (CIP)'s Caregiver Academy | Caregiver Incentive Project (CIP) | Nonprofits | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND healthcare workforce retention | Other: Direct Care Workers | 49855 | 1 | Yes | |
UP Workforce Innovation Network (WIN) | NMU Center for Rural Health, Michigan Center for Rural Health (MCRH), U.P. Michigan Works!, U.P. AHEC, U.P. Health Care Solutions, Everyday Life Consulting, UP Health System Marquette School of EMT; MDHHS - Bureau of EMS, Trauma and Preparedness | Associations | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Paramedics; Emergency Medical Technicians; Community Health Workers | 49855 | 1 | Yes | |
Lake Superior State University (LSSU)'s Post-Baccalaureate Rural Nurse Residency Certificate Program | Lake Superior State University | 4-Year IHE | Improving the quality of healthcare workforce AND healthcare workforce retention | Registered Nurses | 49783 | 1 | Yes | |
CareerWise Upper Peninsula | UP Michigan Works, CareerWise | Michigan Works! | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Apprentices | 49855 | 1 | 03/03/2025 | Yes |
Dental Assistant Training Partnership | Bay Mills Community College and Northwestern Michigan College | 2-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Dental Assistants | 49715 | 1 | 24/04/2024 | Yes |
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