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Labor and Economic Opportunity $2.5 million grant will support Michigan's rural healthcare workers and employers USDOL H-1B Rural Healthcare Grant Program funds will help address healthcare workforce shortages     LANSING, Mich.—The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) today announced it has been awarded a $2.5 million federal grant to address healthcare staffing shortages in rural communities throughout the state. The funding is through the U.S. Department of Labor’s H-1B Rural Healthcare Grant Program which supports employment and training programs in healthcare...

Cadets in the maritime program at Northwestern Michigan College perform a safety drill. Vocational programs are not uniformly popular with students at the state’s community colleges. (Photo courtesy of Northwestern Michigan College.) Nearly everywhere he goes, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder talks about well-paying, but unfilled, welding, carpentry, machining and other skilled-trades jobs, as well as technical occupations in health care. Snyder has said Michigan and the country “messed up” by telling young people that the only path to a well-paying career is getting a four-year degree at a ...