The HOPE Program is a health career exploration program for high school students offered by Colorado AHEC and the six Colorado regional AHEC centers. Each center develops and teaches a lesson to high
school attendees. The sessions are live and in-person at their own center and virtually synchronously to all of the other region center's. Students participate in sessions with
students from all over Colorado every 4-6 weeks.
Colorado AHEC's
HOPE Institute
Free Summer Camp!
Complete 3 or more sessions of the HOPE Program to apply for the COAHEC’s HOPE Institute Summer Camp in July 2025 at CU Colorado Springs and the CU Anschutz Medical Campus.
Students must be under 18 by August 1 to be eligible to participate in the COAHEC HOPE Institute.
Regional Coordinator Contact Information can be found from the Map Below
| Region | HOPE Program Coordinator |
Centennial AHEC (CAHEC) | Samantha Vernon: samantha@cahec.org |
| Front Range AHEC (FRAHEC) | Yolanda Gotier: yolanda@frhealth.org |
San Luis Valley AHEC (SLVAHEC) | Nakayla Werner: nakayla@slvahec.org |
Southeastern Colorado AHEC (SECAHEC) | Shanae Gutierrez: shanae.gutierrez@secahec.org |
Southwestern Colorado AHEC (SWCAHEC) | Dyllon Mills: dyllon.mills@swcahec.org |
Western Colorado AHEC (WCAHEC) | Neil Hanson: nhanson@wcahec.org |
2026-20256HOPE Program Schedule
First Monday of Every Month from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM