Correctional Employee Wellness Monograph

Region 1 funding for staff wellness programs comes from all funding categories and has the most funding sources of all regions. Line item and facility operations are reported by 50% of agencies, followed by employee as- sociation or union funds (36%), discretionary funds (29%), and external sources (29%). Grant funding was reported by 14% of state agencies. Local agencies report no funding from facility operations, discretionary funds or grants. Among barriers to offering staff wellness programs, lack of funding (69%) and lack of adequate staffing (54%) are most reported. The lack of physical space (23%), lack of community resources (15%) and organizational culture (15%) are also barriers in Region 1. Lack of interest (8%) was reported but not often. Local agencies report only lack of funding, staffing level and physical space as barriers to offering staff wellness. Region 2 There were 21 completed scans from Region 2 (30% of all respondents), including 12 state and nine local agen- cies. State agencies have an average of 37.3 institutions and 11,289 staff members. Local agencies are comprised of an average of two institutions and 609 staff members. Two agencies (one local and one state), 9.5% of all agencies in Region 2, do not offer any staff wellness programming. Of the 17 wellness program offerings queried by the scan, Region 2 provides ten programs on average, with state agencies providing 11 programs and local agencies providing eight programs. 40% of agencies offer every program except those that are least frequently offered across all regions (i.e., physical therapy, yoga, mindful- ness, family events). Highest offerings include employee assistance program (90%) and critical incident debrief- ings (90%). More state agencies than local agencies offer preventative health screens (92% vs. 57%), health educa- tion (83% vs. 33%), family counseling (67% vs. 22%) and marriage counseling (67% vs. 33%). Health education is provided by 62% of Region 2 agencies and is offered at high rates in the Academy, annu- ally and as needed. Health education topics are covered at higher rates than other regions and are offered in local and state agencies. The primary oversight for staff wellness programs in Region 2 is most often Human Resources (65%) followed by the Secretary, Director or Commissioner (12%) or other oversight (12%). State agencies are more likely to have

wellness committee oversight (10%) compared to local agencies (0%). In addition, local agencies are more likely to have risk management oversight (14%) compared to state agencies (0%). Region 2 funding for staff wellness programs comes from all funding categories and had the most funding sourc- es of all regions. Line item and facility operations are most commonly reported by agencies (47% and 37%), followed by discretionary funds (21%), external sources (16%) and grants (16%). Region 2 agencies do not report any staff wellness program funding from employee association or union funds. Grant funding is reported by 27% of state agencies. Local agencies report no funding from external sources, grants or employee association or union funds. Among barriers to offering staff wellness programs, like in other regions, lack of funding (74%) and lack of adequate staffing (58%) are most reported. The lack of physical space (47%), lack of interest (32%) and lack of information (26%) are also barriers in Region 2. Local and state agencies report similar barriers. Region 3 There were 19 completed scans from Region 3 (27% of all respondents), including 14 state and five local agen- cies. State agencies are comprised of 18.6 institutions on average with 6,741 staff members. Local agencies are comprised on 1.2 institutions on average with 187 staff members. In terms of the 17 wellness program offerings queried by the scan, Region 3 provides 7.4 programs, on aver- age, with state agencies providing 7.2 programs and local agencies providing 8.0 programs. Most common offerings after employee assistance program are peer support (79%) preventative health (74%), critical incident debriefings (74%) and fitness programs (63%). Compared to other regions, Region 3 has lower rates of family (21%) and marriage (16%) counseling, family events (26%), mindful- ness (16%) and health education (26%). Region 3 offers minimal physical therapy and yoga. In Region 3, more local agencies compared to state agencies provide fitness (100% vs. 50%), drug and alcohol treatment (60% vs. 21%) and family counseling (40% vs. 14%). Family events (36%) and mindfulness (21%) are offered in Regions 3’s state agencies but are not offered in local agencies. Physi- cal therapy and yoga are offered in 20% of local agencies but are not offered in state agencies. →

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