Prosperity Region 1

Initiative Name	Organization(s)	Healthcare Industry	Workforce Development Focus	Statewide / Regional	Occupations	Zip Code
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	Regional (UP)	Registered Nurses	49783
CareerWise Upper Peninsula	UP Michigan Works, CareerWise	Michigan Works!	Increasing number of healthcare workers	Regional (Upper Peninsula)	Apprentices	49855
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	Regional (UP)	Paramedics; Emergency Medical Technicians; Community Health Workers	49855
Dental Assistant Training Partnership	Bay Mills Community College and Northwestern Michigan College	2-Year IHE	Increasing number of healthcare workers	Regional (Northern Michigan)	Dental Assistants	49715
Copper County ISD CTE	Copper County ISD	Career Techs	Increasing number of healthcare workers	Regional	High school students	49930
Tahquamenon Area Schools CNA CTE	Tahquamenon Area Schools, Helen Newberry Joy Hospital	Career Techs	Increasing number of healthcare workers	Regional	High school students	49868
Caregiver Incentive Project (CIP)'s Caregiver Academy	Caregiver Incentive Project (CIP)	Nonprofits	Increasing number of healthcare workers AND healthcare workforce retention	Regional (UP)	Other: Direct Care Workers	49855