(SEATTLE, WASHINGTON) - Reach University, the Nation's Non-Profit University advancing Apprenticeship Degrees, and the Training Fund, a Labor-Management partnership with expertise in employer-driven Health Care Apprenticeship Programs, has announced the launch of the Nation's first Apprenticeship College of Health (ACH), which is designed to address the country's acute shortage of job-ready, locally representative and credentialed Health Care Professionals. By turning existing health care jobs into affordable and locally-based education-to-career pathways, the ACH will enable working adults to earn low- or no-cost, work-based degrees and progress toward state and national licensure, beginning with Behavioral Health. The program will launch in the State of Washington, initially offering Reach University'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. The program is expected, subject to accreditor and state approval, to expand to additional degree pathways and health care fields.

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