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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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
State Apprenticeship Expansion Grant | Michigan Primary Care Association, Department of Labor | Associations | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Community Health Worker | 48917 | 7 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
Wayne State Med-Direct Program | Wayne State University | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | College students | 48202 | 10 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
Dorsey College Medical Training Program | Dorsey College | 2-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Medical Assistants; Patient Care Technicians; Pharmacy Technicians; Dental Assistants; Sterile Processing Technicians; Medical Laboratory Assistants; Radiologic Technologists; Surgical Technologists | 48071 | 10 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
Campuswide Pre-Pharmacy Mentoring Program | Wayne State University | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Pharmacist, Students | 48202 | 10 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
Summer Youth Program - Jackson Hospital | Henry Ford Health System | Hospitals | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High School Students | 49201 | 9 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
BHSH Nursing Grant Program | Beaumont Health and Spectrum Health (BHSH), Grand Valley State University | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Nursing | 49401 | 4 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
Nursing Education Plan | Michigan Community College Association, the Michigan Association of State Universities, Michigan Independent Colleges and Universities, the Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Michigan Works!, Michigan Association of Colleges of Nursing | 2-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Nursing | 49022 | 8 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
Seeding Success to Behavioral Health Through Cross-Sector Action | Health Department of Northwest Michigan | Public Health Departments | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Social workers; Occupations requiring an MSW; Behavioral health professionals | 49711 | 2 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
Health Science Summer Camps | Oakland University | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High school students | 48309 | 10 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
Impacting HOPE Collaborative | Michigan Medicine, U-M Medical School | Hospitals | Increasing number of healthcare workers AND improving the quality of healthcare workforce | Healthcare, general | 48109 | 9 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
Henry Ford Health Department of Surgery High School Mentorship Program | Henry Ford Health System | Hospitals | Increasing number of healthcare workers | High school students | 48202 | 10 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
U-M Middle School Math & Health Sciences Program | University of Michigan, Ypsilanti Community Middle School | 4-Year IHE | Increasing number of healthcare workers | Middle school students | 48109 | 9 | 05/01/2025 | Yes |
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