Southern Alabama Ahec

Southern Alabama Ahec is a non-profit organization based in Georgiana, Alabama, registered as a tax-exempt corporate entity with the federal government since December 2014. The organization serves as a prime recipient of federal grant awards, specializing in community health initiatives, workforce development, and suicide prevention services targeting underserved populations in rural Alabama. Southern Alabama Ahec receives funding through federal grant mechanisms to deliver comprehensive health education, training, and mental health services across the state's most economically disadvantaged and medically underserved regions.

Southern Alabama Ahec has demonstrated substantial capacity in administering multiple concurrent federal grant awards across diverse program areas. The organization has been a consistent recipient of funding under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055) from the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, receiving awards of $882,576 (2022-2023), $665,927 (2024-2025), and $665,927 (2025-2026) to deliver non-clinical suicide prevention services including outreach, mental health screening, suicide prevention counseling, and connection to VA and community resources for veterans and their families throughout Alabama. Beyond veteran-focused services, Southern Alabama Ahec received a $450,000 project grant from the Delta Regional Authority (CFDA 90.201) for the Southern Alabama Rural Training Program (2023-2025), supporting workforce development, job training, entrepreneurship initiatives, and healthcare delivery infrastructure improvements in rural areas. Additionally, the organization received a multi-year $450,000 project grant from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (2022-2026) for the Delta Region Workforce Training Program, which focuses on training healthcare professionals and administrative support staff for rural health facilities while targeting vulnerable populations including veterans, racial minorities, dislocated workers, and underserved youth. Southern Alabama Ahec has partnered with the University of Alabama at Birmingham on multiple sub-awards, including the Alabama Statewide Area Health Education Centers Program and AHEC Point of Service Maintenance and Enhancement initiatives, and collaborated with The Urban Institute on vaccination education and delivery programs targeting low-vaccination counties in rural Alabama.