Henry Ford Community College and Henry Ford Hospital have received a $680,273 state grant to begin a fast-track nursing education program for the hospital's employees. The program is designed to help fill the gap in a severe nursing shortage across the state and Metro Detroit. The program is one of 21 partnerships to receive state funding to pump up Michigan's supply of nurses. Michigan awarded $1.2 million to fund a similar partnership between Wayne State University and Harper Hospital, and about $544,000 for a partnership between Oakwood Healthcare System and the Michigan State University College of Nursing.