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 2006 estimated population of
10,095,643 people – 1,875,295 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 2005 Census,
81.3% of the state’s population is white, 14.3% is African-American/Black,
2.2% is Asian, 0.6% is American Indian, and
3.8% is of Hispanic/Latino origin.
There are 140 hospitals in Michigan, 58 of which
are located in rural areas (North Carolina Rural Health Research
and Policy Analysis Center, 2007). The state has 34
hospitals currently identified by the Flex Monitoring Team as Critical
Access Hospitals. There are 156 Rural Health Clinics
in Michigan, and 26
Federally Qualified Health Centers provide services at 139 sites
in the state (Kaiser, 2004). Most Michiganians have some form of
health insurance coverage, although 11% of the state's residents
lack any health insurance (Kaiser, 2004-2005.)
According to the Economic Research Service, the average per-capita
income for all Michiganians in 2005 was $32,804, although rural
per-capita income lagged at $26,188. 2004 estimates indicate a poverty rate of 12.0% exists in rural
Michigan, compared to an 12.5% level in urban areas of the state. Data from 2000
finds that 17.1% of the rural population has not completed high school, while only
16.5% of the urban population lacks a high school diploma. The unemployment rate
in rural Michigan is at 7.6% while in urban Michigan it is at 6.9% (USDA-ERS, 2006).
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
Federal government
Contact information for the State CDBG program. Provides funding for community development projects.
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.
Michigan Commission for the Blind
State government
Provides opportunities to blind individuals to achieve employability and/or function independently in society.
Michigan Community Action Agency Association
State/regional organization
Dedicated to helping low-income people in Michigan. Includes the Michigan Rural Community Assistance Program (RCAP), which helps support rural community infrastructure.
Michigan Department of Career Development
State government
Workforce and job services for Michigan.
Michigan Department of Community Health
State government
Responsible for health policy and management of the Michigan's publicly-funded health service systems.
Michigan Department of Community Health: Developmental Disability Services
State government
Michigan state services for people with developmental disabilities.
Michigan Department of Community Health: Drug Control and Substance Abuse
State government
Provides education, prevention, and treatment services related to drug and alcohol abuse.
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
State government
Michigan's public assistance, child and family welfare agency.
Michigan Department of Human Services: Office of Child Support
State government
Provides child support services and enforcement for the state of Michigan.
Michigan Health and Hospital Association
State/regional organization
Works to link patients, communities, and providers together for better health. Acts as the principal advocate on behalf of hospitals, health systems, and other providers committed to improving the community heath status in Michigan.
Michigan Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services
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
The Michigan Primary Care Association's mission is to promote, support and develop quality primary health care services to everyone in Michigan.
Michigan Rehabilitation Services
State government
Assists individuals with disabilities into employment and self-sufficiency.
Michigan Rural Health Association (MRHA)
State/regional organization
Works to create a stronger voice and to advocate for policies and funding that will result in improved quality of life and health for Michigan's rural citizens.
Michigan State Housing Development Authority
State government
Provides financial and technical assistance to help create and preserve decent, affordable housing for low- and moderate-income Michigan residents.
Michigan Women's Foundation (MWF)
Nonprofit/Foundation
Promotes economic self-sufficiency and personal well-being for women and girls.
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.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Michigan
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
ERS State Fact Sheet: Michigan
Web site
Statistics on population, educational attainment, employment, income, farm characteristics, and farm financial indicators for the state.
Michigan QuickFacts
Web site
Basic demographic and economic statistics for the state, with links to county-level data.
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 Community Level Information on Kids (CLIKS)
Web site
Provides data on child well-being for the state.
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 Health Workforce: Highlights from the Health Workforce Profile
Web site
Highlights compile 2000 data on levels of employment, projected growth and key environmental factors that affect demand for health care. Details for medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, mental health and aides.
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.
Michigan State Medicaid Profile
Web site
Provides data on Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for the state.
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.
State Profiles- Michigan: Health Information Technology (HIT)
Web site
Profiles the state’s health information technology (HIT) issues. Contains sections on demographics, HIT legislation, telemedicine, Health Information Exchanges (HIE) & Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO), grant funded HIT projects, and HIT survey information.
See also: Resources for All States: Tools Funding
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 Grants
Supports projects focused on depression, domestic abuse, patient safety, access to care for the uninsured, and critical community health issues.
Investigator Initiated Research Program
Funds Michigan-based applied research projects addressing the quality and cost of health care and appropriate access.
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
2008 Economic Impact of Health Care in Michigan
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Health and 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: 06 / 2008
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.
Harvest Time: Using HMIS to End Homelessness in Rural Michigan
Author(s): Herman DeGroot
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
Michigan’s HMIS system has taken considerable time
and work to create, but these efforts have paid off as organizations are now able to obtain valuable data about their programs and clients.
Date: 2007
Small Business Profile: Michigan
Sponsoring organization: U.S. 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: 2006
State Profiles - Michigan: Reforming the Health Care System
Sponsoring organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
Detailed profile of the state's health care system. Covers demographics, expenditures and financing, health status, utilization and quality of services, health care providers, Medicare, Medicaid, health insurance coverage, and key trends.
Date: 12 / 2005
See also: Resources for All States: Documents Success Stories
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.
Fighting Obesity in Children and Adolescents
This project aims to reduce the proportion of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese in three Michigan counties.
Greater Iron County Advanced Life Support Project
The project's primary goal was to improve and upgrade the prehospital healthcare delivery system in Iron County, Michigan by creating a full-time hospital-based paramedic transportation system to address the dwindling personnel resources, outdated transportation equipment, high cost of paramedic equipment, and the lack of access to a community-based paramedic-training program.
Health Outreach Project
The Health Outreach Project (HOP) focused on increasing
childhood immunization rates among children in Baraga,
Houghton, and Keweenaw counties - all of which are located on a peninsula in the northernmost region of Michigan.
Huron-Sanilac Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Volunteer Recruitment and Retention Project
The Huron-Sanilac Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Volunteer Recruitment and Retention Project will aggressively seek to reverse the declining number of active EMS providers in this rural area of Minnesota.
Integrated Behavioral Health Care of Northeast Michigan Project
The project will provide new psychiatric services at four clinics and will add two new behavioral health consultants and neurological health services to address the needs of the substantial elderly population.
Northern Michigan Integrated Delivery System
Founded in 1998, the Northern Michigan Integrated Delivery
System (NMIDS) targeted a 10-county, rural area where the
driving economic force is the resort industry. The NMIDS is a regionwide network of four hospitals and one independent physician association that share the common
mission of integrating service delivery systems, maintaining the highest level of health care quality possible, reducing costs, and making services accessible to all Northern Michigan communities.
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.
Rural Health Outreach Program (Marquette, MI)
A telecommunication system that merges voice, video, and data has improved access to health care and reduced isolation across Michigan's rural Upper Peninsula.
Rural Prevention Network
Network partners hired a full-time health educator to plan, implement, and evaluate the primary prevention programming aimed at reducing youth tobacco use, underage drinking, and teen pregnancy.
Softening the Sunset Journey Project
This project seeks to maximize local coordinated care resources toward the improvement of community awareness, early identification, access to care, and caregiver screening for older adult memory loss.
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.
Upper Peninsula Health Care Network, Inc.
Michigan's Upper Peninsula is comprised of 15 rural
counties scattered across 16,600 square miles. The Upper Peninsula Health Care Network was established to overcome some of the biggest barriers to health care that include the distance between communities, an unstable regional economy, a harsh winter climate, and the inability to
recruit and retain health care providers.
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