The Western Washington Area Health Education Center works to assure equity of and access to health care for underserved rural and urban populations in western Washington through education and workforce development.

This mission is accomplished through the following services:

• Planning for tomorrow's providers through recruitment of students into health professions schools and training programs
• Providing community-based education and training opportunities for health professions students
• Developing healthy community-based service delivery systems through technical assistance programs
• Creating learning opportunities for providers in underserved communities
• Forming community/academic linkages which respond to community-identified health care needs
• Advocating for public policy that addresses the needs of rural and underserved communities