Worksite Wellness was identified by county leadership as an action, that when combined with other actions in our community, has a reasonable chance of making a difference in a person’s overall health. This is a new program in our community and is not an evidence-based strategy.

The audience for the worksite wellness are individuals within the county who want to become healthier mentally and physically. The worksite wellness program aims to make a difference at the individual and organizational level. County employees will sign up to participate in a 52-week program that will allow them to be coached and encouraged to better health. Participants will receive journals, step counters, and weekly vouchers for nutritional shakes/teas. Implementation will take place at Clay County Health Department in hopes to improve worker retention, less lost work time, increased worker output, economic boost, and healthier families/communities.

The partners for this health and fitness program include:

02/15/2023- Unfortunately, Clay County Health Department was not able to be awarded the grant that was applied for to get the worksite wellness program started. In the meantime, we will continue to look for grants to help improve the wellness of our employees.

02/22/2024- Clay County Health Department was unable to receive grant money to implement the worksite wellness program for our county employees, but we were able to help another facility with their worksite program. Clay County Health Department teamed up with the Clay County School System to help them implement a wellness event for all teachers. During our event, we performed blood draws, hearing screengins, blood pressure checks, vision screenings, and weight/BMI checks. In total, we were able to perform 20 blood draws and several other screensings. Since the wellness event was a big success, Clay County Health Department plans to continue to work with Clay COunty School System again this year.