2024 Arkansas Colleges of Health Education

The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education is a supported organization of The Degen Foundation. They received a grant in the amount of $602,836.00 to provide debt forgiveness of loans provided to ACHE to assist in the establishment of the Residency Program at Mercy Hospital Fort Smith.

To date, The Degen Foundation has given over $3.3 million dollars in support of ACHE such as: AED defibrillators, build out of the ARCOM Research Suite, class gifts for each cohort of DO, OT and PT students; research equipment for the Research Institute; assistance in building the Celebration Garden including the Degen Pavilion; and helped to establish the ACHE Scholarship Endowment.  We are proud to be a supporting organization to ACHE.