Valley Healthcare Education Foundation seeks to provide access to higher education in health sciences and related fields within California’s Central Valley – a medically underserved region.
Our Mission
The recently founded Valley Healthcare Education Foundation promotes and improves access to higher education in health sciences and related fields, supporting the next generation of healthcare professionals – from the Central Valley, for the Central Valley.
Recruit
Educate
Train
Retain
The Central Valley demonstrates a high need for health care professionals, which is reflected by the number of counties in the area that have a shortage of health care professionals.
Recruiting, educating, training and retaining students to work in health care professions in the Central Valley is a critical strategy to keeping health professionals in the region long-term, because students educated locally are more likely to remain and practice in this high need area.