Like many states, Alaska continues to face health care workforce shortages that are particularly challenging in the rural and frontier areas of the state. Through cross-agency collaboration, however, Alaska has made significant inroads to address its challenges of education and training initiatives, recruitment and promoting retention of healthcare workers. State successes include: implementing registered apprenticeships for healthcare occupations; providing Medicaid reimbursement for non-traditional healthcare workers; creating core competencies and training tools for direct support workers; conducting readiness assessments of state staff and behavioral health providers; and implementing a loan repayment program. A case study from the National Academy for State Health Policy highlights how Alaska has utilized this multi-sector, cross-agency collaboration to bolster healthcare workforce development.