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Transforming healthcare, one
degree at a time.

Since 2020, Reach University has led the nation in designing, delivering, and scaling Apprenticeship Degrees — proving that higher education can be affordable, work-embedded, and built for working adults. 

With thousands of graduates across multiple states, Reach has shown what’s possible when jobs are intentionally designed to become degrees
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The Apprenticeship College of Health (ACH) represents what comes next. 

Through a national partnership with the Healthcare Training Fund, ACH brings Reach University’s proven model — turning jobs into degrees — to one of the country’s most urgent and consequential fields: healthcare. 

Starting with behavioral health in the Pacific Northwest, ACH is building a representative, community-based healthcare workforce designed to strengthen care and save lives at scale.
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Built Through a Strategic Alliance

ACH is a collaboration between two proven, first-of-their-kind leaders:

  • Reach University, the nation’s first nonprofit university advancing Apprenticeship Degree
  • The Healthcare Training Fund, the nation’s first multi-union and multi-labor apprenticeship provider

Together, ACH delivers a clear talent investment for employers while expanding upward mobility for learners — and strengthening care in the communities they serve.
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A Proven Model for Working Adults

ACH is built on the foundation Reach University has spent years proving at scale:
College in the workplace.

Learners earn college credit for real work completed on the job, supported by structured mentorship, aligned instruction, and employer partnership.

Earn Degree
Debt-Free, Work-Embedded Degrees

Working adults pursue stackable and transferable degrees, beginning with Reach's existing Associate of Arts in Liberal Studies, with a focus on social science, embedded within a behavioral health apprenticeship that prepares learners for careers as Substance Use Disorder Professionals.

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Stackable Pathways from Day One

Degree pathways align with industry-recognized certifications and are designed to build toward future bachelor’s and master's degrees offered by ACH (subject to accreditor approval).

Work
Designed for Working Adults

Flexible scheduling, on-the-job relevance, and community-based learning ensure college is both possible and purposeful, while improving quality of care from day one.

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Why This Matters Now

The United States is facing a behavioral health crisis. Millions of people struggle to access care, and nearly every state reports critical shortages of qualified providers. At the same time, many capable workers are already serving in healthcare settings but are blocked by pathways to degrees that are too slow, too expensive, or disconnected from their work.

ACH addresses this gap by expanding Reach and the Healthcare Training Fund’s shared mission into healthcare, creating a scalable, rigorous Apprenticeship Degree program that delivers both workforce readiness and upward mobility.
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