First Choice member scholarship applications due March 15
February 21, 2017
First Choice by Select Health of South Carolina is offering two scholarships to qualified applicants who are furthering their education or pursuing a second career in 2017. The annual First Choice member scholarship program is open to all First Choice members. Applications are due by March 15. Select Health offers the First Choice Medicaid health plan to South Carolina residents and is part of the AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies.
The First Choice member scholarship program began in 2010, when Select Health pledged $200,000 over 10 years through its Caring10 initiative. Applications and complete information about this scholarship program are available at www.selecthealthofsc.com/community/member-scholarship.aspx.
“Helping just one person pursue a college education can uplift an entire family, or even a community,” said Rebecca Engelman, market president at Select Health. “We’re always excited to receive scholarship applications because there are so many First Choice members excelling in school.”
Nine recipients have benefited from this scholarship, including several repeat winners. Four winners have hailed from Columbia, with one each from Boiling Springs, Gaffney, Kingstree, Summerville, and Timmonsville. Winning applicants have attended schools including Charleston Southern University, Claflin University, Clemson University, Francis Marion University, Limestone College, the University of South Carolina, the University of South Carolina-Aiken, and Winthrop University.
In addition to this collegiate scholarship program, Select Health also supports education through its summer intern program, employee volunteerism with Be A Mentor and annual scholarships for two students to the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Business Week initiative. Select Health will also launch a new General Education Development (GED) assistance program for First Choice health plan members later this year.
Select Health of South Carolina Mission:
To help people get care, stay well and build healthy communities.
About Select Health
Select Health of South Carolina, part of the AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies, contracts with South Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services to offer First Choice, the state’s oldest and largest Medicaid managed care health plan, in all 46 counties statewide. First Choice by Select Health is the top-rated Medicaid health plan in South Carolina, according to the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Medicaid Health Insurance Plan Ratings 2015-2016, and has been since 2010. First Choice is the first health plan in South Carolina to earn NCQA’s Multicultural Health Care Distinction, an honor it has achieved three times since 2011. For more information about First Choice by Select Health, visit www.selecthealthofsc.com.
