WHO WE SERVE

"Connecting Students to Careers, Professionals to Communities and Communities to Better Health!"

The Central Iowa AHEC serves Boone, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Jasper, Polk, Poweshiek and Story counties. We combine best practice methods of workforce development with creative collaborations among school systems, colleges and universities, hospitals, health centers, public health venues, and other key health care stakeholders. Our programs and activities recruit, train and retain health care providers dedicated to serving rural and underserved populations. 

Programming accomplishes this through: 

• Organizing activities for kindergarten through undergraduate students to foster interest in the pursuit of health care careers. 
• Providing greater opportunities for health profession students to gain clinical experience in rural and underserved areas. 
• Offering continuing education opportunities to practicing health care providers that address the challenges of caring for the underserved.