HOUSING SUPPORT
Free housing (with exception to the DeLoache House*) is offered to advanced practice health professions students upon availability with completion of the Student Forms. Contact or submit completed forms via email or fax to our Student Support Coordinator.
NOTE: SOWEGA-AHEC HOUSING IS EXCLUSIVELY RESERVED FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS COMPLETING ROTATIONS IN THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITIES (WHEN AVAILABLE).
- Albany
- Americus
- Bainbridge
- College Street House
- College Street Apt
- Colquitt
- Cordele
- Douglas
- Fitzgerald
- Moultrie
- DeLoache House (minimum fee required)
- Edgewood Apartments
- Highland Place
- Thomasville
- Tifton
- Valdosta
TRAVEL SUPPORT
SOWEGA-AHEC offers travel support to health profession students who complete clinical training in one of the 38 counties served.
SOWEGA-AHEC TRAVEL STIPEND POLICIES:
- Eligible students must be enrolled in an approved health professional program and completing a community-based education rotation in an AHEC region in Georgia.
- Students are prohibited from receiving both housing and travel support simultaneously.
- Students who travel at least 25 miles outside of the county of their campus location are eligible for travel support. Students who travel at least 25 miles from their current address to their clinical rotation site are also eligible for travel stipends.
- Students must request reimbursement from the regional AHEC within 30 days of completion of rotation.
- Academic institutions may not request/submit travel stipend requests on behalf of students.
- Eligible rotations are a minimum of 8 sequential days. Rotations from 8-19 days are eligible for a $50 travel stipend, and rotations 20+ days are eligible for a $100 travel stipend.
- Travel stipends are provided to students on a first-come, first-served basis, and availability is not guaranteed for any academic year. AHEC funding and travel support are based on state and federal funds, community partnerships, and organization grants. Changes to the distribution and availability of funds can occur regionally during the academic year based on these funding sources.
To request travel support, complete the Statewide AHEC Support Form and Statewide AHEC Travel Stipend Request Form and submit to Student Support Coordinator.