Correctional Employee Wellness Monograph

Region 4 There were 16 completed scans from Region 4 (23% of all respondents), with ten state and six local agencies. On average, state agencies are comprised of 11.1 institutions and 3,994 staff members. Local agencies are comprised of 2.5 institutions and 922 staff members, on average. One local agency, corresponding to 6.2% of all agencies and 16.7% of local agencies in Region 4, does not offer any staff wellness programming. Region 4 provides ten programs, on average, with state agencies providing eight programs and local agen- cies providing 13 programs. Region 4 is the only region where every program queried is offered by at least 40% of

Health education is provided by only 26% of agen- cies in Region 3, the lowest of all regions. Only 26% of agencies have health education on staff suicide awareness, stress management, time management and coping skills. 16% of agencies, all of which were state agencies, provide financial wellness. The primary oversight for staff wellness programs in Region 3 is most often Human Resources (50%) followed by the Secretary, Director or Commissioner (22%). State agencies are more likely to have oversight of the Secre- tary, Director or Commissioner (31%) compared to local agencies (0%). And local agencies are more likely to have Sheriff oversight (60%) compared to state agencies (0%). Region 3 funding for staff

wellness programs comes from all funding categories. Line item (63%) and facility operations (37%) most commonly fund wellness programs, followed by external sources (16%), grants (11%), discretionary funds (5%) and employee association or union funds (5%). Local agen- cies only report funding from line item (80%) and facility operations (40%). State agencies’ wellness programs are funded by all funding sources queried. Among barriers to offering staff wellness programs, like other regions, lack of funding (56%) is reported by most agencies. In contrast to other regions, lack of interest (50%) is the second most reported barrier. The lack of physi- cal space (44%), lack of staffing (31%), lack of information (31%) and lack of resources (13%) are also barriers in Region 3. 67% of local agencies report lack of interest was a barrier to offering programs, comparably higher than in other regions. Local agencies also report that lack of funding (33%) and lack of physical space (33%) are barriers.

Table 3

Region 1 (n=14)

Region 2 (n=21)

Region 3 (n=19)

Region 4 (n=16)

Total (N=70)

Program Type

Employee Assistance Program 86% 90% 100% 94% 93%

Critical Incident Debriefings

64% 90% 74% 81% 79%

Preventative Health Screens/ Vaccinations/Inoculations

29% 81% 74% 81% 69%

Peer Support

71% 43% 79% 50% 60%

Outside Referrals

57% 57% 47% 50% 53%

Fitness

43% 43% 63% 44% 54%

Health Fairs

36% 67% 37% 50% 49%

Health Education

43% 62% 26% 56% 47%

Drug and Alcohol Treatment

79% 38% 32% 38% 44%

Resiliency Support/Programs

36% 43% 42% 44% 41%

Nutrition

43% 43% 63% 56% 40%

Social Engagement Activities

14% 38% 47% 50% 39%

Family Counseling

29% 48% 21% 44% 36%

Marriage Counseling

21% 52% 16% 44% 34%

Family Events

21% 38% 26% 50% 34%

Mindfulness

29% 29% 16% 44% 29%

Yoga

21% 14% 5% 13% 13%

Physical Therapy

7% 14% 5% 19% 11%

Legend:

Low offering

High offering

40% or more

14