AHECWW receives funding and support from the Washington Area Health Education Center Program located at the University of Washington School of Medicine as a part of the larger AHEC Program Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). 

The Washington Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Program Office at the University of Washington works to improve the diversity, distribution, and quality of the health workforce in the five state region. The AHEC program relies on partnerships with communities in the states of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, and Oregon (the Northwest Region) to promote health career pathways, create educational opportunities for students from junior high school all the way through professional and post-graduate training, and support health care providers in underserved populations.

The WA AHEC continues its more than two decades of work as an integral part of the larger HRSA AHEC Program, and a 30+ years old UWSOM medical education program serving the five state region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WWAMI). Consistent with the overall aims of the National AHEC Program, the WA AHEC supports activities that provide health workforce development and education away from large cities through partnerships with independent AHEC centers. By sharing resources with the WWAMI medical program, the WA AHEC Program is well-positioned to help improve the quality and distribution of all health professionals into the mostly-rural region.

This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U77HP03022, for the WA Area Health Education (WA AHEC) Program Office and its five regional Centers in the total amount of $788,500 for the 2022-2023 fiscal year (with a 1:1 total match of $788,500 from non-federally funded governmental sources). This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.