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Homebound? Adopt Healthy Habits

Feeling isolated and inactive amid the COVID-19 pandemic? You’re not alone. But there are ways to lift your spirits … and your heart rate.  The Wellness Council of Indiana (WCI) offers several tips for staying active at home. WCI guides Hoosier organizations through the development, implementation and evaluation of their own comprehensive and sustainable workplace well-being efforts. The question [...]

2020-05-01T12:46:36-04:00May 1st, 2020|

Award-Winning Model to Help Employers Support Workers and Applicants Battling Addiction Now Available Across Indiana

(INDIANAPOLIS) — Hoosier employers looking to implement recovery programs to assist their employees or qualified applicants battling addiction now have access to an award-winning model recognized by the U.S. Department of Labor. This new partnership with Centerstone, a mental health and addiction treatment services provider, is the next step in offerings for Indiana Workforce Recovery, the initiative formed two years [...]

2020-02-04T10:26:38-05:00February 4th, 2020|

AchieveWELL Companies, Indiana Healthy Communities Honored by Wellness Council

(INDIANAPOLIS) — Nineteen organizations from across the state have qualified for AchieveWELL certification from the Wellness Council of Indiana, a subsidiary of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. These companies were honored this week at the 2019 Indiana Wellness Summit in downtown Indianapolis. The designation is open to organizations that work toward creating a corporate culture that encourages and supports employee health through worksite [...]

2019-09-18T09:45:30-04:00September 18th, 2019|

State Employer Opioid Strategy Series Kicks Off Next Month in South Bend

(INDIANAPOLIS) — South Bend area businesses have an opportunity to help their employees deal with substance misuse and learn prevention methods by attending a free program September 11. The session will also include legal guidance as well as optional naloxone training from the Indiana State Department of Health on how and when to use the opioid overdose reversal drug. [...]

2019-08-09T17:56:56-04:00August 6th, 2019|

State Issues Recovery Guidelines for Employers; New Survey Reveals Ongoing Challenges With Drug Use in the Workplace

(INDIANAPOLIS) — New resources, including important state workforce recovery guidelines and a supporting video toolkit to assist in their implementation, are now available for Indiana employers dealing with drug use in the workplace. In addition, a new statewide survey finds many employers underestimating the impact on their own organizations and are not seeking tools that will help them deal [...]

2019-05-20T11:01:55-04:00May 20th, 2019|

BizVoiceExtra: Opioids: We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

Jason Pieper sees the impact of the opioid crisis from multiple angles. He works in the Corporate Care division (health and safety on the shop floor, as well as on-site clinic operations) at Jasper Engines & Transmissions, serves on a local hospital advisory board and is a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteer. And while the impact numbers are [...]

2019-03-05T12:44:52-05:00March 5th, 2019|

Obesity in the Cross Hairs

Every body is different. Not everybody, but every single body. Which means we all gain and lose weight differently. What works for my friend might not work for me in terms of weight loss, gain or general health. But what if you could find out exactly how your body is composed and then be given the tools and guidance [...]

2019-02-11T10:54:55-05:00February 11th, 2019|

Free Employer Opioid Strategy Sessions Around the State

The Indiana Workforce Recovery initiative has a series of free strategy events taking place throughout the state over the next few months in its efforts to combat substance use disorder in the workplace. Indiana Workforce Recovery is a joint partnership among the Wellness Council of Indiana, the Indiana Chamber of and Gov. Eric Holcomb’s administration; it was established one [...]

2019-02-01T13:47:25-05:00February 1st, 2019|

Dubois County Designed Newest Indiana Healthy Community by Wellness Council of Indiana

The dedication of Dubois County leaders to improving the health and quality of life of its citizens has earned it the Indiana Healthy Community designation from the Wellness Council of Indiana (WCI). “In order to make positive changes in the health of Hoosiers, we must move beyond reacting to Indiana’s poor health rankings,” says Wellness Council of Indiana Executive Director [...]

2019-01-23T11:51:12-05:00January 23rd, 2019|

Terre Haute Employers Invited to Opioid Strategy Meeting January 29; First of State Series

Employers in Terre Haute and the surrounding area are encouraged to attend the first Employer Opioid Strategy meeting from the Indiana Workforce Recovery initiative, a partnership of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, the Wellness Council of Indiana and Gov. Eric Holcomb’s administration. The Terre Haute meeting will serve as a kickoff to a series of employer convenings around the [...]

2019-01-14T10:12:41-05:00January 14th, 2019|