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{{Organization
|OrganizationName= Area Health Education Centers
|OrganizationName=Area Health Education Centers
|OrganizationType= Administrative and Support Agency
|OrganizationType=Administrative and Support Agency
|Mission= To enhance access to quality healthcare by improving the supply, diversity, and distribution of health professionals. It fosters academic-community partnerships to train and retain practitioners in rural and underserved areas.
|Mission=Boost healthcare access by improving health pros' supply, diversity, distribution, training them through partnerships for rural, underserved regions
|OrganizationExecutive= Director
|ParentOrganization=Health Resources and Services Administration
|Employees=  
|TopOrganization=Department of Health and Human Services
|Budget= $44.3 million (FY 2024)
|CreationLegislation=Public Health Service Act
|Website= https://bhw.hrsa.gov/programs/area-health-education-centers-ahec
|Budget=$44.3 million (FY 2024)
|Services= Health Workforce Training; Community Education; Continuing Education; Pipeline Programs
|OrganizationExecutive=Director
|ParentOrganization= Health Resources and Services Administration
|Services=Health Workforce Training; Community Education; Continuing Education; Pipeline Programs
|TopOrganization= Department of Health and Human Services
|HeadquartersLocation=39.09367, -77.20506
|CreationLegislation= Public Health Service Act
|HeadquartersAddress=5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857
|Regulations=
|Website=https://bhw.hrsa.gov/programs/area-health-education-centers-ahec
|HeadquartersLocation= 39.093665, -77.205064
|HeadquartersAddress= 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857
}}
}}
'''Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)''' is a federally funded program established by Congress in 1971 under the Health Resources and Services Administration to address healthcare workforce shortages by developing education and training networks that connect academic institutions with underserved communities across the United States.
'''Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)''' is a federally funded program established by Congress in 1971 under the Health Resources and Services Administration to address healthcare workforce shortages by developing education and training networks that connect academic institutions with underserved communities across the United States.