Your Health Partners with WGU to expand educational opportunities
November 14, 2024
Employees eligible to apply for Healthcare Partner scholarships
SC House Calls, Inc., DBA Your Health, has signed a collaboration agreement with accredited online Western Governors University to provide its employees with the opportunity to upskill and further their careers by pursuing educational opportunities to advance personal goals and the work of the organization. Through this collaboration, WGU will provide Your Health employees with personalized learning pathways to education, including academic degrees, certificates and credentials.
Employees of Your Health will now be able to apply for $2,500 scholarships through the WGU Healthcare Partners Fund. WGU offers more than 80 bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the fields of healthcare, business, IT and K-12 education. Tuition is around $4,000 per six-month term and students can take as many courses within a term as they wish, with the consent of their assigned program mentor.
Your Health offers a comprehensive and specialized care model that extends beyond traditional primary care services to meet the healthcare needs of a wide variety of patients, including those with multiple chronic conditions and disabilities. The organization employs more than 2,000 professionals and operates 14 physicians’ offices and 12 Your Health House Calls across South Carolina and Georgia.
“Your Health has long been committed to fostering the most qualified and highly educated workforce in the healthcare space,” said Jimmie Williamson, Ph.D., chief behavioral health officer at Your Health. “This unique partnership gives our employees an additional avenue in which to pursue academic pursuits. We are hopeful that by continuing to pave the pathway for our employees with WGU and other higher education partners, we will be able to realize our goal of having one of the most technically trained and competent workforces in the industry.”
“We are grateful to partner with Your Health to provide this opportunity to its employees,” said Kimberly K. Estep, Ph.D., Southeast regional vice president for WGU. “Our asynchronous, online model is a good fit for working adults who desire pursue their educational and professional goals. With more than 11,000 current students enrolled throughout South Carolina and Georgia, WGU is filling a need of many adult learners.”
To learn more about Your Health, visit www.yourhealth.org. Learn more about WGU at www.wgu.edu.
About Your Health
At Your Health, we bring care to you, whether at our office or through house calls across South Carolina and Georgia. As part of an ACO, we focus on prevention, chronic care management, and specialty services to enhance your well-being. Our goal is to provide accessible, coordinated, and high-quality healthcare every step of the way. We employ a mobile clinic model to deliver care directly to patients in residential and home-based settings in addition to the provision of Telehealth services. We pride ourselves on our ability to leverage straightforward, effective technology to facilitate 24/7 communication among the entire care team. Learn more at www.yourhealth.org.
About WGU
Western Governors University, the nation’s leading nonprofit, online university, is transforming higher education to be more student-centric, affordable, accessible to all, and relevant to the workforce. Established in 1997 by 19 visionary U.S. governors, WGU creates life-changing pathways to opportunity for those underserved by traditional institutions — working adults, historically underrepresented communities and a diverse, growing number of learners looking for a flexible, online model that better suits their life circumstances. WGU’s competency-based education model allows students to demonstrate mastery as they progress through programs at their own pace.
Accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, WGU operates in all 50 states and offers more than 80 programs in health, education, technology and business. WGU serves more than 175,000 students nationwide, with more than 340,000 alumni, and has awarded more than 400,000 degrees. Learn more at wgu.edu. Follow WGU on X at @wgu and on LinkedIn.
