NEWAHEC: NorthEastern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center
Creating communities where health, connection and support thrive.
Our mission is to create a healthier Wisconsin by reducing substance use, fostering a diverse healthcare workforce, and strengthening underserved communities through education and collaboration.
03/18/2026
🚠To***co 21 is the law—21 means 21, no matter what!
In Wisconsin, federal law makes it illegal to sell any to***co product—cigarettes, vapes, ci**rs, ho**ah, or smokeless to***co—to anyone under 21.
đź’ˇ Retailers & employees: You can make a difference! Train your staff for free at WiTo***coCheck.org and follow FDA guidelines to avoid fines and license suspensions.
Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services thanks all retailers for keeping communities healthy. Learn more and access resources here: WiTo***coCheck.org
Healthiest Manitowoc County
United Way of Door County
Healthy Sheboygan County
Kewaunee County FACES
A few spaces are still available for the next CARE U Workshop (https://care.nursing.wisc.edu/care-u-for-direct-care-staff/)! Register soon!
When: February 26, 2026 from 8:30 to 5:00
Where: Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, Green Bay
Who: This workshop is designed for people who provide direct care to older adults
What: The workshop covers best practices related to person-centered care, mobility, dementia, vision, nutrition, pain, and emergency prepared when caring for older adults.
Cost: FREE
Registration: https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bgsZiQZA3D7XtmS
Bonus! Registrants are eligible to receive a $100 honorarium for participating in the full-day workshop! To receive this bonus, they will need to complete a tax form at the event, and a check will be mailed to them.
Calling all direct care workers, especially CNAs and PCWs, discover this opportunity to expand your abilities and knowledge in working with our older adult population. Learning is endless, take advantage of this FREE event! For more information https://care.nursing.wisc.edu/care-u-for-direct-care-staff/ Register today, seats are limited!
02/05/2026
02/05/2026
Connections, awareness, and requests made! WI constituents met with Baldwin and Johnson staffers, as well as others met with their respective district representatives. Our main requests: continue funding our grants, raise the age for sales of all substances to 21, restrict the packaging and position of products in retail spaces, and closing the h**p loophole. And of course we thanked those, like Baldwin and Grothman, for voting “YES” earlier this week on the Appropriations Bill that not only continued funding for our programs but provided much needed increases!
02/04/2026
Yesterday we prepped for Capitol Hill with all of our WI friends. We are ready for our call to actions: thanks for the continued funding of our programs, we need that and more to prevent use before it starts!
02/03/2026
After a restorative and invigorating Ferris wheel ride last event, the team was ready to attend multiple sessions on a variety of topics related to our prevention, to***co, and grant work with panelists from across the country; administrators from CADCA, SAMHSA, CDC, DEA, NIH, MHA, municipalities, and other coalitions.
02/02/2026
The NEWAHEC team attending kickoff of annual CADCA forum, SAMHSA Prevention Day, in DC! Visit page all week for updates.
01/29/2026
NEW year, NEW opportunity! At NEWAHEC we are committed to serving our communities' needs through prevention, intervention, and education programs. We are looking for someone to fulfill our education mission, sustaining and generating AHEC programming targeting students and workers in public health-related fields. Join the NEW team, and experience NEW ways to strengthen our communities through health education and mentoring! https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4366874979
01/22/2026
Calling all direct care workers, especially CNAs and PCWs, discover this opportunity to expand your abilities and knowledge in working with our older adult population. Learning is endless, take advantage of this FREE event! For more information https://care.nursing.wisc.edu/care-u-for-direct-care-staff/ Register today, seats are limited!
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The Area Health Education Center (AHEC) program is a national initiative, begun in the 1970s, for improving the accessibility and quality of primary health care. The program was designed to encourage universities and educators to look beyond their institutions to partnerships that meet community health needs, working toward the goal of decentralizing health professions training and linking communities with academic health centers in partnerships that promote cooperative solutions to local health problems.
Almost every state has an AHEC program. The program operates through contracts between the host medical school and regional AHEC centers. These centers may be independently incorporated, or they may be hosted by a local health care provider or community organization. They all must have an advisory board with membership drawn from the region served by the center.
The nature of the programming undertaken by these centers varies greatly, depending upon state and academic resources and local needs, but almost always includes:
Developing learning experiences for all health professions students at community-based sites;
Sponsoring health careers programming in schools in underserved rural and urban areas;
Providing services to health professionals in underserved communities to enhance the practice environment and connect community practitioners with the educational resources of the academic medical centers; and
Partnering with local organizations in a variety of outreach activities to improve the health of the community.
AHEC programs receive federal funding as “Basic AHEC” programs for their first six to twelve years of operation, depending upon the number of centers they develop. Thereafter a successful AHEC may apply for continued funding under the “Model AHEC” program. In both phases, programs reapply for federal funding every three years. To qualify for continued funding, in addition to meeting the federal programmatic requirements, programs must show significant match (at least 1:1) from state or other non-federal resources.
