Michigan is surrounded by four of the Great Lakes and has the longest shoreline in the continental United States. The state's name is taken from the Indian word “Michigama,” meaning great or large lake. It is the only state made up of two peninsulas, the lower "Mitten" and the Upper Peninsula, or U.P. Michigan covers 56,804 square miles, with a 2010 estimated population of 9,883,640 people – 1,850,574 living in rural Michigan (USDA-ERS). Lansing, the capital, is located in the middle of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. The state’s largest cities are Detroit, Grand Rapids and Warren. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 78.9% of the state’s population is white, 14.2% is African-American/Black, 2.4% is Asian, and 4.4% is of Hispanic/Latino origin (2010).
There are 140 hospitals in Michigan, 59 of which are located in rural areas (North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, Dec. 2008). The state has 36 hospitals identified by the Flex Monitoring Team as Critical Access Hospitals (Sept. 2010). There are 172 Rural Health Clinics in Michigan (Kaiser, 2012), and 29 Federally Qualified Health Centers provide services at 166 sites in the state (Kaiser, 2010). Most Michiganians have some form of health insurance coverage, although 13.0% of the state's residents lack health insurance (Kaiser, 2008-2009).
According to the USDA Economic Research Service, the average per-capita income for Michiganians in 2009 was $34,315, although rural per-capita income lagged at $29,588. 2010 estimates indicate a poverty rate of 17.0% exists in rural Michigan, compared to a 16.7% level in urban areas of the state. 2010 ACS data reports that 12.3% of the rural population has not completed high school, compared to 11.9% of urban populations. The unemployment rate in rural Michigan is at 12.9% while in urban Michigan it is at 12.4% (USDA-ERS, 2010).
For a national comparison, please see an overview of the United States.
Data Sources
U.S. Census Bureau: State & County QuickFacts; USDA Economic Research Service: State Fact Sheets; North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center; Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts; Flex Monitoring Team: Critical Access Hospital List
Organizations
HUD Community Development Block Grants: Michigan (CDBG)
Federal government
Contact information for the State CDBG program. Provides funding for community development projects.
Michigan Area Health Education Center (MI-AHEC)
State/regional organization
Works to improve access to clinical education in primary care urban and rural settings for all Michigan residents. Comprised of five regional AHEC centers.
Michigan Center for Effective IT Adoption (M-CEITA)
State/regional organization
Michigan State Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (REC) that helps health care providers become meaningful users of electronic health records by providing information and technical assistance.
Michigan Center for Nursing
State/regional organization
Housed at the Michigan Health Council. Facilitates the education, recruitment and retention of a diverse healthcare workforce by maximizing technology and partnerships. Maintains a central resource for nursing workforce data collection and analysis.
Michigan Center for Rural Health (MCRH)
State/regional organization
Coordinates resources and activities statewide, collects and disseminates information concerning rural health issues, promotes recruitment and retention of health professionals, and strengthens state/local/federal partnerships. Maintains maps and lists of CAHs, and RHCs.
Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB)
State government
Provides services to people in Michigan who are blind or visually impaired. Provides opportunities to blind individuals to achieve employability and/or function independently in society.
Michigan Community Action Agency Association (MCAAA)
State/regional organization
Provides programs and services to help low income individuals and families achieve greater economic self-sufficiency and stability. Includes the Michigan Rural Community Assistance Program (RCAP), and the Michigan Weatherization Assistance Program.
Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH)
State government
Responsible for health policy and management of the Michigan's publicly-funded health service systems. Focuses on the needs of vulnerable and underserved populations.
Michigan Department of Community Health: Bureau of Substance Abuse and Addition Services
State government
Provides education, prevention, and treatment services related to drug and alcohol abuse.
Michigan Department of Community Health: Developmental Disability Council
State government
Works to facilitate support services to people with developmental disabilities in their communities.
Michigan Department of Community Health: Health Disparity Reduction and Minority Health
State government
Provides a variety of information and resources to reduce health disparities and improve minority health.
Michigan Department of Community Health: Mental Health Services
State government
Provides mental health services for adults who have a mental illness, children and youth who have an emotional disturbance, and persons who have a developmental disability.
Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS)
State government
Michigan's public assistance, child, and family welfare agency. Provides information on adoption, child care and support, child welfare, domestic violence, foster care, licensing, juvenile justice, and protective services.
Michigan Department of Human Services: Office of Child Support
State government
Provides child support services and enforcement for the state of Michigan.
Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA)
State/regional organization
Represents community hospitals in Michigan. Advocates for hospitals and patients in providing effective, affordable, and quality health care.
Michigan Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services (OSE-EIS)
State government
Oversees the administrative funding of education and early intervention programs and services for young children and students with disabilities.
Michigan Primary Care Association (MPCA)
State/regional organization
Promotes, supports, and develops quality primary health care services in Michigan. Represents 32 Community Health Centers and other community-based providers in Michigan.
Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS)
State government
Assists individuals with disabilities and vocational handicaps into employment and self-sufficiency.
Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA)
State government
Provides financial and technical assistance, through public and private partnerships, to create and preserve safe and affordable housing.
Michigan Women's Foundation (MWF)
Nonprofit/Foundation
Helps women and girls achieve economic self-sufficiency and personal well-being. Promotes equal access to education and training. Addresses gender discrimination.
National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region (NN/LM-GMR)
State/regional organization
Works to improve access to health information for health professionals, librarians and members of the public in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD)
State/regional organization
One of four regional rural development centers in the nation. Works with extension professionals, researchers, and partners to enhance rural development outcomes. Serves a 12 state area in the North Central region which includes ND, SD, NE, KS, MN, IA, MO, WI, IL, IN, MI, and OH.
Rural Partners of Michigan (RPM)
State/regional organization
A public/private partnership whose focus is to find new, innovative, non-traditional ways to address issues, problems, and needs of rural Michigan. Focuses on team building, education and information, technical assistance, and leadership development.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Michigan (HUD)
Federal government
Works to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing. The HUD state office provides information about HUD housing programs and local contacts for the state.
USDA Rural Development Michigan State Office
Federal government
Committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in all of rural America. The Rural Development State Office provides information about Rural Development programs and applications for financial assistance.
Tools
Buddy-to-Buddy: Volunteer Veteran Program
Web site
Veteran volunteers are trained to help fellow veterans find resources for readjustment issues, including financial and educational issues, emotional challenges, substance problems, legal or job issues. Website includes a directory of resources for the general public and for health care providers.
ERS State Fact Sheet: Michigan
Web site
Lists statistics on population, educational attainment, employment, income, farm characteristics, and farm financial indicators for the state.
Michigan AgrAbility Project
Web site
Helps people with disabilities employed in agriculture continue to farm and live independently. Project partners include Michigan State University Extension, Easter Seals-Michigan, Michigan Farm Bureau, and Michigan Rehab Services.
Michigan Health Centers Data
Web site
Provides access to information on Federally Qualified Health Centers for the state. Includes a map of FQHC locations, as well as information on the populations served by health centers, services provided, staff, patient visits, costs of care, and use of electronic health information.
Michigan Helping Hand Website
Web site
Helps citizens facing economic hardship. Provides links to information regarding jobs and training, unemployment benefits, health care, family support, and housing.
Michigan KIDS COUNT Data Center (KCDC)
Web site
Provides data on child well-being for the state. Includes profiles for many Michigan locations; rankings, maps, or trend graphs by topic; and raw data. Includes over 100 measures of child well-being, community-level data.
Michigan QuickFacts
Web site
Basic demographic and economic statistics for the state, with links to county-level data.
Michigan State Health Facts
Database
The latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation. Individual state profiles and 50-state comparisons.
National Healthcare Quality Report State Snapshot: Michigan
Web site
Health care quality report for the state, based on the National Healthcare Quality Report.
NN/LM Greater Midwest Region: Michigan Resources
Web site
Overview of the state, with links to state agencies, health associations, and other resources for Michigan.
See also: Resources for All States: Tools Funding
2012 Midwest Garden Grant
Grants to schools and community organizations with child-centered garden programs.
Andersons Fund Supporting Organization Grants
Grants to Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan organizations with programs in the areas of education, social services, physical and mental health, neighborhood and urban affairs, natural resources and the arts.
Community Health Matching Program: Access to Care for the Uninsured
Grants to form partnerships with health care organizations, research organizations, or governmental agencies to develop and rigorously evaluate new ways of increasing access to care for the under- and uninsured, in Michigan.
Entergy Micro Grants
Micro Grants can be used for projects that effectively impact arts & culture, community improvement/enrichment, education & literacy, the environment or healthy families.
First Children's Finance Loan Fund
Loans and technical assistance to child care and early education businesses, especially those serving lower-income communities.
Gannett Foundation Community Action Grants
Community action grant priorities include education and neighborhood improvement, economic development, youth development, community problem-solving, assistance to disadvantaged people, environmental conservation and cultural enrichment.
Humana Foundation Community Grants
The Humana Foundation supports charitable activities that promote healthy lives and communities.
Innovations in Health Care Award 2012
Awards are presented to innovative programs across the state in the areas of diabetes, cardiovascular disease (includes physical activity and nutrition), and kidney disease (includes dialysis and transplantation programs).
Investigator Initiated Research Program
Funds Michigan-based applied research projects addressing the quality and cost of health care and appropriate access.
Michigan Weatherization Assistance Program
The program provides free home energy conservation services to low-income Michigan homeowners and renters.
Physician Investigator Research Award
Funding for Michigan physicians to explore a research idea concerning quality, cost or appropriate access to care.
Proposal Development Award
Grants to help Michigan-based nonprofit community organizations that deliver health services get the resources they need to develop grant proposals.
Inactive Funding
Inactive Funding Opportunities -
Lists additional funding programs for this state that are not currently accepting applications. Programs that are inactive may be offered again in the future.
Documents, Reports and Other Publications
2010 Economic Impact of Health Care in Michigan
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Health & Hospital Association
Quantifies and explains the economic impact of health care in Michigan; presents economic impact data; Provides information to help residents pursue training, education and careers in health care; and explores the Medicaid program.
Date: 03 / 2010
Demographic and Economic Profile: Michigan
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
Discusses demographic and economic data including population, race, education, age, poverty, health care services, and employment. Includes maps and graphics.
Date: 01 / 2009
How Yoopers See the Future of Their Communities: Why Residents Leave or Stay in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Author(s): Jessica D. Ulrich
Sponsoring organization: Carsey Institute
Explores reasons residents of Michigan's Upper Peninsula claim for staying in or leaving this rural area. Employment opportunities and energy costs are factors affecting their decisions to leave.
Journal citation: Caring for the Ages
Date: 2010
Making it Work: Combating Rural Homelessness
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
This entire issue of Rural Voices is dedicated to the topic of rural homelessness. Highlights some of the innovative ways rural homeless providers are accessing and using
resources in Michigan, Minnesota, California, Georgia, and Kentucky.
Date: 2007
Malpractice Burden, Rural Location, and Discontinuation of Obstetric Care: A Study of Obstetric Providers in Michigan
Author(s): Xiao Xu, Kristine A. Siefert, Peter D. Jacobson, Jody R. Lori, Iana Gueorguieva, Scott B. Ransom
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Reports on a study that examined whether higher malpractice burden on obstetric providers was
associated with an increased likelihood of discontinuing obstetric care and whether there were rural-urban differences in the relationship.
Journal citation: Journal of Rural Health Volume 2009 Issue Winter Pages: 33-42
Date: 2009
Michigan 2009 Progress Report
Sponsoring organization: USDA Rural Development Michigan State Office
Highlights 2009 USDA Rural Development programs in Michigan including investing more than $1 billion in rural Michigan communities, assisting more than 7,000 families with home loans, and 175 cities, townships, villages and counties
with critical infrastructure.
Date: 2009
Michigan Health Center Fact Sheet
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Community Health Centers
Provides a description of what health centers are, and the most recent state-level data available for health center patients, services provided, staff, patient visits, and costs of care.
Date: 12 / 2010
Michigan Quick Health Facts 2010
Author(s): Leigh Purvis
Sponsoring organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
Presents data on Missouri including demographics, health expenditures and financing, health status, utilization and quality of services, Medicare and Medicaid, and access to care.
Date: 06 / 2010
Michigan Rural Health Clinic Survey 2008
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Center for Rural Health
Briefly defines and describes the background of Rural Health Clinics and Medically Underserved Areas in Michigan. Presents results from a survey covering the areas of administrative/physical plant; billing, fee and
provider; technology; services offered; and workforce.
Date: 2008
Michigan Rural Health Profile: A Report on the Health Trends and Resources of Rural Michigan 1990-2005
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Department of Community Health
Examines the demographics of and compares health status between rural and non-rural areas in Michigan. Describes the types of resources available in rural areas of Michigan.
Date: 08 / 2008
Michigan Strategic Opportunities for Rural Health Improvement: A State Rural Health Plan 2008-2012
Author(s): John Barnas, Lonnie Barnett, Traci Wightman, Angela Emge, Sydni Johnson
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Center for Rural Health
Details a five-year strategic plan which outlines objectives for improving the health of rural Michigan. Includes maps of various health care centers, counties designated as rural, and county and tribal HPSAs; data on obesity instances; numbers of health care providers, ambulance service providers, and ER visits, and data on student loan repayment programs
Date: 04 / 2008
Past Silos and Smokestacks: Transforming the Rural Economy in the Midwest
Author(s): Mark Drabenstott
Sponsoring organization: Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Discusses a development strategy that includes regional cooperation, innovation, and a leveraging of all strengths for the rural Midwest to transform its economy.
Date: 2010
Promoting Rural Health Care Quality Through Health Disparities Collaboratives: Michigan Critical Access Hospital Quality Network (MICAH)
Author(s): Thomas D. Rowley
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Overview of the Michigan Critical Access Quality Network (MICAH), which helps Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in Michigan measure and improve quality of care.
Date: 12 / 2005
Rural Health Networks Prove There is Strength in Numbers
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Discusses how quality is increasing measurably for hospitals enrolled in rural health networks in Michigan and Montana.
Journal citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11 / 2011
Small Business Profile: Michigan
Sponsoring organization: Small Business Administration
Profile of the state's economy, covering the number of firms, industry composition, small business income, banking, women and minority business ownership, and employment.
Date: 02 / 2011
Stimulus Funding for Community Health Centers: The Right Medicine at the Right Time, But Not the Cure
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Primary Care Association
Provides examples of how Michigan Community Health Centers are using stimulus funding.
Date: 08 / 2009
See also: Resources for All States: Documents Journals
Michigan - CAH Chronicle
Monthly newsletter for Michigan's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).
Michigan - Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal
Produced by the Chance at Childhood Program with funding provided by the Children's Law Section of the Michigan State Bar and the Governor's Task Force on Children's Justice. Publishes information useful to practitioners in the child welfare field, including attorneys, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists and other health care professionals.
Michigan - Michigan Rural Health Quarterly
Quarterly newsletter containing events, articles, news, updates, and more.
Michigan - MPCA E-Update
Weekly updates on Michigan's Community Health Centers. Includes information on funding, news, reports, training, conferences, and employment.
Success Stories
Thumb Area Nutrition and Physical Activity Campaign
This project aims to reduce obesity and promote healthy lifestyles to adults and children through community outreach and health promotion interventions.
One-Stop Shop for Mind and Body
Designed to simplify access to care in Newaygo County Michigan, the Baldwin Family Health Care center is combining health care and human services in a one-stop shop for the mind and body.
EMS Co-op Helps Rural Providers
Using the power of group purchasing within a cooperative structure, the North Central EMS Cooperative (NCEMSC) is an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) cooperative developed to serve Minnesota and surrounding states.
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