A Message to Our Stakeholders
The success of the Education Fund and our learners is built on relationships, and we are grateful for the opportunity to work with – and for – you over the past year. You play a critical role in our learners’ achievements and their ability to advance their careers and fill vital roles in our industry. Our passion to empower our diverse healthcare workforce to advance through innovative education and training solutions remains strong.
In 2020, we faced many extreme challenges, and the world of healthcare and education evolved very quickly. The Education Fund team rose to meet these challenges while always considering our learners, employers, and union partners. We added new programs and strategic education partners. We revamped our internal staff and operations to strengthen our ability to meet the urgent needs of those on the frontlines of healthcare…. (Read more.)
About the Education Fund
“The Education Fund is here to help you get as far as you want to go.”
– Member2Member Representative Fay Eastman
The Education Fund is here for you. We offer education, training and career advice services to eligible union members at no cost to you. Whether you want to go to college, get some direction with your career, learn new skills or need CEUs for your job, we can help.
Remember, the Education Fund is an employer-paid benefit – therefore, all services and programs are free.
Get CEUs
Pre-paid CEUs through your ed fund means no cost to you.
Job Security
Get the skills you need for your job or learn something new!
Go back to school
We offer financial assistance for community college programs and more.
Career Advice
Make a counseling appointment to create a custom career plan just for you.
Our Commitment to Equity
At the Education Fund, our mission is to empower our diverse healthcare workforce to advance in a changing environment through innovative education and training solutions. Our work is grounded in our values of equality and social justice. The recent tragic murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and Rayshard Brooks, the senseless police killings of Black people in the U.S., and the outpouring of protest that followed have brought a new reckoning of the historic unjust and systemic racism towards Black communities.
We join protesters in demanding an end to systemic injustices and grieve with the Black community. Also, we are living through a pandemic that has shown how inequalities in healthcare and jobs disparately impact Black people.
We will continue to address these problems through our work with a commitment to anti-racism. In partnership with our employer and union sponsors, we expand economic opportunities to underrepresented workers in healthcare. We strive to address systemic inequalities in education and jobs, as well as occupational segregation, to increase the resilience, diversity and inclusion of healthcare workers. Further, our employer and union sponsors have launched a number of important initiatives which we will participate in and amplify.
Not Sure Where To Begin?
Here’s the first step: contact our career counselors and learn about how you can use your Education Fund. No matter where you are on your career path, we can help.
Our Programs At A Glance
The Education Fund works in three broad areas to help you in your career, from building basic skills and defining your goals, to going back to school and moving into a new job.
Career Advice
Our Career Counselors will help you assess your skills, create a plan to achieve your goals, and accelerate your career.
Education & Advancement
We offer tuition reimbursement, critical skills, preparation courses, wage replacement, apprenticeships, on-the-job training and other programs to help you reach your career goals.
Continuing Education
Get reimbursed for Continuing Education. Earn your CEs. Get AHA Certified.