Michigan Resources
"You Can't Do Anything by Yourself": Recruiting and Retaining Mental Health Professionals in Rural America
Discusses the challenges in recruiting and retaining mental health professionals in rural areas, as well as strategies and approaches to address the need. Features a Michigan mental health center CEO and state behavioral health organizations in Nebraska and South Carolina. Also includes insights from 3RNET, which focuses nationally on rural health recruitment and retention.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Discusses the challenges in recruiting and retaining mental health professionals in rural areas, as well as strategies and approaches to address the need. Features a Michigan mental health center CEO and state behavioral health organizations in Nebraska and South Carolina. Also includes insights from 3RNET, which focuses nationally on rural health recruitment and retention.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Grow Benzie Amplifies Community-Led Solutions in Rural Northern Michigan
Features the work of Grow Benzie, a rural prosperity organization that collaborates with community projects to improve rural Benzie county in Michigan. Discusses the Stories That Heal project, a community series focused on telling stories about mental health, belonging, lived experience, and overcoming stigma.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Center for Rural Health
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Features the work of Grow Benzie, a rural prosperity organization that collaborates with community projects to improve rural Benzie county in Michigan. Discusses the Stories That Heal project, a community series focused on telling stories about mental health, belonging, lived experience, and overcoming stigma.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Center for Rural Health
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Selected Rural Healthcare Facilities in Michigan
Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Michigan Good Housing = Good Health (GH2) Evaluation Report
Provides an evaluation of year 1 of the Good Housing = Good Health (GH2) initiative that focuses on housing access and stabilization. Discusses GH2 success stories and data as well as activities of the grant by county or region.
Additional links: Infographic
Author(s): Kathryn Colasanti
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
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Provides an evaluation of year 1 of the Good Housing = Good Health (GH2) initiative that focuses on housing access and stabilization. Discusses GH2 success stories and data as well as activities of the grant by county or region.
Additional links: Infographic
Author(s): Kathryn Colasanti
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
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Innovative Solutions to Address the Oral Health Care Workforce Shortage: Insights from Michigan
Discusses the impact of the oral healthcare workforce shortage on rural communities and other communities in need in Michigan. Provides examples, strategies, and collaborative efforts of State Medicaid agencies to address the shortage.
Author(s): Jade Kissi
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Discusses the impact of the oral healthcare workforce shortage on rural communities and other communities in need in Michigan. Provides examples, strategies, and collaborative efforts of State Medicaid agencies to address the shortage.
Author(s): Jade Kissi
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Partner Perspectives of Tailoring Technology-Assisted CBT Depression Treatment for Perinatal People Served by Head Start
Examines the impact of tailoring technology-assisted perinatal depression (PND) treatment to improve mental healthcare access and health outcomes for women. Analyzes qualitative feedback from partners at a rural Michigan Head Start program regarding their perceptions on the treatment content and suggestions for modifications. Discusses challenges and barriers to PND in rural communities and the need for tailored mental health support.
Author(s): Marni J. Rubyan, Addie Weaver, Rana Kanafani, et al.
Citation: Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 19(2)
Date: 2025
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Examines the impact of tailoring technology-assisted perinatal depression (PND) treatment to improve mental healthcare access and health outcomes for women. Analyzes qualitative feedback from partners at a rural Michigan Head Start program regarding their perceptions on the treatment content and suggestions for modifications. Discusses challenges and barriers to PND in rural communities and the need for tailored mental health support.
Author(s): Marni J. Rubyan, Addie Weaver, Rana Kanafani, et al.
Citation: Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 19(2)
Date: 2025
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An Evaluation of the Telehealth Broadband Pilot Program (2021–2024)
Provides an overview of the Telehealth Broadband Pilot (TBP) Program, which aimed to address gaps in broadband service that limited access to telehealth services in rural and underserved communities in Alaska, Michigan, Texas, and West Virginia. Details the development and implementation of devices that measured broadband data in the communities over time and the results of those devices. Summarizes discussions with TBP Program staff regarding the implementation and effectiveness of the program, as well as interviews with healthcare stakeholders, consumers, and technical assistance providers in TBP Program communities. Offers factors for consideration in the development of future programs to measure broadband implementation in rural communities and improve user experience. Includes summary reports by state.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Rural Telehealth Evaluation Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Regional Campuses
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Provides an overview of the Telehealth Broadband Pilot (TBP) Program, which aimed to address gaps in broadband service that limited access to telehealth services in rural and underserved communities in Alaska, Michigan, Texas, and West Virginia. Details the development and implementation of devices that measured broadband data in the communities over time and the results of those devices. Summarizes discussions with TBP Program staff regarding the implementation and effectiveness of the program, as well as interviews with healthcare stakeholders, consumers, and technical assistance providers in TBP Program communities. Offers factors for consideration in the development of future programs to measure broadband implementation in rural communities and improve user experience. Includes summary reports by state.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Rural Telehealth Evaluation Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Regional Campuses
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FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Michigan Fact Sheet
HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy investments in Michigan in Fiscal Year 2024. Lists grant recipients, award amounts, award recipient locations, and congressional district.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy investments in Michigan in Fiscal Year 2024. Lists grant recipients, award amounts, award recipient locations, and congressional district.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Remote Patient Monitoring for Rural Michigan Hospitals
Discusses the usefulness of remote patient monitoring (RPM) as a way to supplement access to healthcare treatment in Michigan. Provides an overview of how to successfully implement an RPM program in rural hospitals. Includes best practices for RPM, with a focus on implementation, measuring and reporting, governance, and more.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Center for Rural Health
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Discusses the usefulness of remote patient monitoring (RPM) as a way to supplement access to healthcare treatment in Michigan. Provides an overview of how to successfully implement an RPM program in rural hospitals. Includes best practices for RPM, with a focus on implementation, measuring and reporting, governance, and more.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Center for Rural Health
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Feeding MI Families: Michigan Families' Lived Experience of Food Access and Food Assistance
Reports on food insecurity for Michigan families including federal assistance programs, COVID related impacts, charitable and social programs, and the experiences of Hispanic, Upper Peninsula, and disabled residents. Includes recommendations for assistance programs. Discusses rural throughout, including rural and urban comparisons.
Date: 05/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Feeding MI Families, Michigan Farm Bureau, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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Reports on food insecurity for Michigan families including federal assistance programs, COVID related impacts, charitable and social programs, and the experiences of Hispanic, Upper Peninsula, and disabled residents. Includes recommendations for assistance programs. Discusses rural throughout, including rural and urban comparisons.
Date: 05/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Feeding MI Families, Michigan Farm Bureau, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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Last Updated: 10/13/2025