About Area Health Education Center
The Area Health Education Center (AHEC) program was created by an act of Congress in 1971 to recruit, train and retain a health professions workforce committed to underserved populations.
AHECs strive to meet the needs of the communities they serve through robust community-academic partnerships, with a focus on exposure, education, and training of the current and future health care workforce.
Today, 48 AHEC programs with more than 300 centers operate in almost every state and the District of Columbia. Approximately 120 medical schools and 600 nursing and allied health schools work collaboratively with AHECs to improve health for underserved and underrepresented populations.
About North Central Indiana Area Health Education Center
North Central Indiana AHEC (NCI AHEC), formed in 2010, is one of nine Indiana AHEC Centers. NCI AHEC is hosted by Franciscan Alliance and located in the Franciscan Health Lafayette Education Center (1501 Hartford St., Lafayette, IN 47904).
NCI AHEC serves Benton, White, Pulaski, Fulton, Cass, Carroll, Tippecanoe, Clinton, Tipton, Howard, and Miami counties.
The NCI AHEC has an Advisory Board with representation of the region’s diversity and includes members from local hospitals, health professions training programs, academia, mental health providers, and others. The Advisory Board members guide the region’s activities and promote linkages with community partners across the region. NCI AHEC continues to develop key partnerships through networking and community engagement.