MOREHEAD, Ky. – UK St. Claire has been awarded $960,000 through the Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative to help expand health care career pathways across Appalachian Kentucky.
UK St. Claire, through its hosted Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center (AHEC), has been selected to receive a $249,759 grant from the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission aimed at preventing or reducing youth substance use.
The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center (NE KY AHEC) was recently selected to receive one year of funding focused on increasing awareness of oral health careers and supporting early career exploration among students ages 14-18.
The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center (NE KY AHEC) is pleased to announce the promotion of Kellie Jones to Assistant Center Director, effective Nov. 10.
In recognition of the Northeast AHEC’s founding year, the event incorporated a 1985 theme, offering a light touch of nostalgia while maintaining its focus on academic excellence and professional achievement.
During the UKPA Program’s 50th Anniversary Gala on Oct. 25, Russell received one of three Honorary PA awards, given to non-PA professionals who have shown exceptional support for the UKPA program and the physician assistant profession.
The three-year grant project will serve eight northeastern Kentucky counties in helping to develop dental career pathways.
Chandler will coordinate activities for medical students from the University of Pikeville’s Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, helping them navigate their clinical rotations and community experiences throughout Northeast Kentucky.
The National AHEC Organization recently received a grant from the Boston Scientific Foundation to replicate STEPS concepts (including Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) prep, personal statement assistance, mock interviews, etc.) to nine regional AHEC across the nation from May 2025 through March...
The Northeast AHEC brought the casino to Morehead this year as they celebrated health care professionals who perform the invaluable work of precepting students.
On August 2, 2024, the Northeast KY AHEC hosted an event celebrating 25 years of partnership with the Kentucky College of Medicine.
The one-year $100,000 Rural Health Network Development Planning grant will enable eight partner organizations to administer surveys and conduct focus groups targeted toward clinics, hospitals, schools/universities, and recovery centers.
The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center (NE KY AHEC) is pleased to welcome Kellie Jones as its new Lead Health Careers Coordinator, effective June 10.
The Kentucky AHEC Program will receive $2.5 million per year in FY25 and FY26 based on a state budget recently approved by the Kentucky General Assembly.
The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center (NE KY AHEC) is excited to welcome a new outreach services coordinator, effective December 2023.
The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center’s annual Preceptor Recognition Celebration was a huge success on Friday, Nov. 10.
The Northeast Kentucky AHEC (NE KY AHEC) has been awarded a $10,000 grant to help enhance the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity through continuing medical education (CME) programming.
In partnership with the Gateway District Department of Health, St. Claire Medical Center was awarded a $90,000 CDC Foundation Grant. Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Centers Director David A. Gross will spearhead the initiative as project director.
The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center (NE KY AHEC) is one of seven centers across the nation that will receive federal funding intended to support workforce development programs that prepare young people and help them access good-paying careers.
St. Claire HealthCare is excited to announce it has been awarded Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Overdose Response funding provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). This one-year, $300,000 grant will support the establishment...
The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center is proud to have our Director, David Gross, honored by the Sisters of Notre Dame (SND) ministries. Each year SND recognizes people within their organizations that exemplify the mission of the ministries in which they serve.
Jessica Pennington (Student Services Coordinator for the Northeast AHEC), along with Joseph Hackwork (3rd-year medical student from the Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine), Makayla Arnett (3rd-year medical student from University of Kentucky Rural Physical Leadership Program), and Dr. Rebecca Todd...
NE KY AHEC is one of four regional AHECs selected for the “Maternal Health Learning Events” project, which is supported by the federally funded Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center (MHLIC). The National AHEC Organization (NAO) will facilitate a subcontract directly with the selected AHECs on...
Matthew Porter, MA, joined the Northeast AHEC in September 2022 as an Educational Assistant for Health Careers Promotion and as of today (Feb. 20, 2023) has accepted the position of Outreach Services Coordinator for the Northeast AHEC and the Northeast Kentucky Substance Use Response Coalition.
On December 1, the Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center, in conjunction with the Division of Family Resource & Youth Services Centers and the Kentucky Office of Rural Health, hosted the Cost of Poverty Event (COPE)!
The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center (NE KY AHEC) brought back the “Roarin’ ‘20s” with a celebration for preceptors across the 17-county region, including Bath, Boyd, Carter, Clark, Elliott, Fleming, Greenup, Lawrence, Lewis, Mason, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Powell, Robertson,...
Morehead, KY – Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center has been named Kentucky’s 2022 Community Star, the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) recently announced.
St. Claire HealthCare, on behalf of the Northeast Kentucky Substance Use Response Coalition, is pleased to announce they have been awarded a $300,000 Core Priorities Grant by the Pallottine Foundation of Huntington, West Virginia. SCH and the Coalition were the only recipients of this grant in Kentucky...
The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center (AHEC)’s longtime advisory board chairman recently received the National AHEC Organization’s inaugural Board Member Distinguished Service Award.
The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center (NE KY AHEC) is excited to welcome two new health careers coordinators to its growing staff, effective Aug. 22.
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will distribute $1,000,000 to St. Claire HealthCare (SCH) through the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP), on behalf of the Northeast Kentucky Substance Use Response...
The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center (NE KY AHEC) is pleased to welcome Whitney Cornette as its Lead Health Careers Coordinator, effective Aug. 8.
David Gross, St. Claire HealthCare (SCH) Administrative Director for Education and Research and Director of Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center (AHEC), has been invited by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)’s Health Innovations Task Force to present and discuss innovative...
Effective June 13, Luke Stapleton began serving as the Northeast Kentucky AHEC’s outreach services coordinator, a position that includes directing the Northeast Kentucky Substance Use Response Coalition.
William Garrett Pelfrey, had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Steven Stack, MD, MBA, FACEP, the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health, at his host site location at the Powell County Health Department.
The Coalition was selected because of its grant-funded projects and partnerships focused on addressing substance use disorders within 18 northeastern Kentucky counties.
The NE KY AHEC and St. Claire HealthCare (through partnership with the NE KY Substance Use Response Coalition) were chosen to be the December Grantee Spotlight for the first issue of Rural Health Networks Quarterly Digest.
This Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Planning III project will target Carter, Lewis, Montgomery, and Rowan counties for 18 months of planning and assessment concerning substance use disorder, community resources, and possible jail re-entry programming.
This funding will allow the coalition to establish “First Day Forward,” a jail re-entry program that will connect recently released individuals who struggle with substance use disorder to vital community resources in an attempt to give them a true “First Day Forward” following incarceration.
The 21 rural sites that were funded will receive $750,000 per grantee to develop tailored and innovative responses to gaps in prevention, treatment, and/or recovery services for individuals involved in the criminal justice system.
St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead, Kentucky was awarded a $900,000 competitive federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
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