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The West Central Missouri Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is a regional center of the statewide Missouri Area Health Education Centers.   Every county in Missouri is represented by one of seven regional centers. The WCMO AHEC serves the counties of Jackson, Johnson, Cass and Lafayette.

Our mission:

To enhance access to quality health care, particulary primary and preventative care, by growing and supporting Missouri's Healthcare Workforce.

AHEC provides:

• Health careers recruitment programs in underserved rural and urban areas for under-represented and disadvanted populations.

• Community-based training of primary care health professions students and residents in health professional shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

• Health education presentations that promote improved health and increased disease prevention in a manner that responds to defined community needs, with emphasis on underserved areas and populations having demonstrated serious unmet health care needs.

Contact Us:

West Central Missouri AHEC
c/o Greater Kansas City LINC
3100 Broadway, Suite 1100
Kansas City, MO 64111

Stephanie Taylor
Executive Director
816-410-8380
816-410-8381 fax
staylor@kclinc.org

Carla Tillmon
Recruitment Coordinator
816-410-8382
816-410-8383 fax
ctillmon@kclinc.org

Shaunna Overfelt
Program Assistant
Youth Health Service Corps Coordinator
816-889-5050 x1254
soverfelt@kclinc.org

Health Education Coordinator
816-889-8500
sriddle@kclinc.org

staff@wcmoahec.org