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doctor having a discussion with his studentsMission:The school is open to all who meet its high standards of intelligence, competence, and integrity. It welcomes a diversity of ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic, religious, national, and international backgrounds, believing that the intellectual and social energy that results from such diversity is a primary asset of the school.

  • A commitment to humane teaching and mentorship and respectful interaction among faculty, students, and staff;
  • Open disciplinary boundaries that encourage integrative teaching, research, and scholarship;
  • A commitment to use knowledge to improve human well-being; and
  • A global perspective on the human condition.

The Founder

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La Monique “Nikki” Benford Founded Dignity Place Home Health Agency in February 2006 as President of Community Development. Under her leadership, Dignity Place Home Health Agency expanded its portfolio to include Georgia’s Medicaid (Private Home Care), Atlanta’s Veterans Homemakers Programs, and a host of community partnerships. The expansion initiatives increased Dignity Place’s revenue from $105 thousand to $1.5 million in just under two years.

Mrs. Benford has held numerous leadership positions with Healthcare Charities both locally and nationally. She served as Board Chair for Dignity Express, 2016-2018 while advocating for the underrepresented with the Area on Aging/Disability Resource Connection (ARCD). She labors as the liaison for multiple healthcare needs, emphatically speaking truth to power for Healthcare Reform!

Benford’s non-profit career started in 2006 when she exposed the need for adequate Senior Housing. Determined to erect an Assisted Living Home in 2008, Dignity pursued the HUD 202 Grant Funds for the underserved population of Hiram, Georgia. The 2.5 million award targeted senior living inequity, focusing on mitigating social determinants of health (SDOH) in Paulding County communities.

After civil promotions including the recognition of her dedication to community service award, Dignity Place Home Health Agency was also voted, the Most Outstanding Performing Agency, on March 9, 2009. This prestigious award was conferred to the Agency from Georgia’s NW Area of Agency on Aging Regulatory Service.

Dignity Place tenacious passion to mitigate the shortage of Healthcare Workers, which peaked during the COVID pandemic, Benford expanded the Dignity Place Home Health Agency portfolio to include Dignity Nursing School (DNS). The Nursing School combated the crisis by supplying qualified and competent Nurse Aides, Phlebotomy Technicians, and Practical Nurses to the Healthcare Industry nationally.

DNS dedication was honored in 2023 when the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) awarded Dignity Nursing School more than 1 million dollars from the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Retention (NEPQR) Grant to support Social Determinant of Health (SDOH) by the delivery of minorities, in the underserved population of Georgia. Additionally, the support, of Atlanta’s Black Nurse Association’s substantial contribution to Dignity Nursing School, as they recognize their minority students’ progression into healthcare as skilled professionals, mitigating the healthcare sector’s crisis.

Simply said Dignity’s overall Commitment to serving the Healthcare industry, is summoned up in the company’s mantra:

“Purposefully, Serving the Community ‘ONE’ Need… At A Time.”