Our Purpose

Innovate

Expand

Strengthen

Diversify

The Massachusetts Rural Workforce Training Network will expand, strengthen, and diversify the community health workforce to meet the current and growing area needs for services by collaboratively developing and delivering training to new, existing, and potential CHWs across the three partnering AHEC rural regions.

Areas We Serve

Trainees can participate if they live, work, intend to work in, or if their current organization services rural towns in one of the three areas of Massachusetts

  • Alford, Clarksburg, Egremont, Florida, Great Barrington, Hancock, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Marlborough, North Adams, Otis, Peru, Sandisfield, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, West Stockbridge, Williamstown

  • Ashfield, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Leverett, Leyden, Monroe, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Rowe, Shelburne, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell, Whately

  • Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket

Network Partners

Berkshire County

Berkshire Area Health Education Center

Berkshire Community College

Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires

Community Health Partners

Franklin County

Baystate-Franklin Area Health Education Center

Baystate Medical Center

Massachusetts

New England Rural Health Association

Representing all three regions

Outer Cape and Islands

Cape and Islands Area Health Education Center

Cape Cod Community College

Outer Cape Community Solutions

Outer Cape Health Services