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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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Camp Health and Wellness | Delta College | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High school students | 48710 | 5 | 05/05/2025 | Yes |
Henry Ford Summer Healthcare Camp | Henry Ford Health System - Jackson Hospital | Hospitals | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High School Students | 49201 | 9 | 04/04/2025 | Yes |
Corewell Health West GVSU Nurse Scholars Program | Corewell Health, Grand Valley State University (GVSU) | Hospitals | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Nursing | 49401 | 4 | 04/04/2025 | Yes |
Nurse Faculty Loan Program | Michigan State University, HRSA | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Nurses | 48823 | 7 | 03/03/2025 | Yes |
Heart to Heart Healthcare Training | Heart to Heart Healthcare, LLC | Other | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA), Medical Assistant, Patient Care Technician, Phlebotomy Technician, EKG Technician | 48909 | 9 | 03/03/2025 | Yes |
NACD Neighborhood-Based Certified Nursing Assistant Training Program | Northside Association for Community Development, Michigan Works! Southwest, The Kalamazoo Promise, Kalamazoo RESA Career Connect, Michigan Rehabilitation Services, Michigan Career & Technical Institute, LISC Kalamazoo | nonprofits | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) | 49007 | 8 | 03/03/2025 | Yes |
LPN Apprenticeship Program | WIN, MWTech, USDoL, State Board of Nursing, Michigan County Medical Care Facilities Council, West Shore Community College, The Health Care Association of Michigan, MiWorks | Other | Increasing number of healthcare workers | LPN | 0 | 03/03/2025 | Yes | |
Explore Covenant | Covenant Healthcare, PartnerShift Network, The Mustard Seed Shelter, Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan, Saginaw County Community Action Center | Hospitals | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High School Students, general | 48602 | 5 | 03/03/2025 | Yes |
Discover Covenant | Covenant Healthcare | Hospitals | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High School Students | 48602 | 5 | 03/03/2025 | Yes |
Chief Science Officers (CSO) of Michigan | Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU), Covenant Healthcare | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High School Students | 48710 | 5 | 03/03/2025 | Yes |
School of Radiologic Technology at Henry Ford St. John Hospital | Henry Ford Health System | Hospitals | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Radiologic Technologists and Technicians | 48236 | 10 | 03/03/2025 | Yes |
Michigan Maternity Care Traineeship (MiMAT) Program | University of Michigan | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Nurse Midwife | 48109 | 9 | 03/03/2025 | Yes |
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