Target Reached

Cuyahoga County Wellness Program

- Make Cuyahoga County an Employer of Choice
Strategic Priorities
  • Not Defined
    15.1 Become an Employer of Choice
    - Make Cuyahoga County an Employer of Choice
About this measure

Cuyahoga County offers a comprehensive employee wellness program to improve the overall well-being of its employees by promoting mental, physical, nutritional, emotional, and financial health. The wellness program runs annually from January 1st to December 31st. Measures displayed on this page include

  • The number and percent of total employees participating in the wellness program, defined as those who registered for the program,
  • The number of employees that completed the wellness program, defined as those who met all requirements including the completion of a biometric screening, a mental health assessment, and three preventive care compliances, participation in the tobacco program or submission of a tobacco free affidavit, and attainment of 300 points,
  • The number of health assessments completed,
  • The number of biometric screenings completed, and
  • The number of tobacco free affidavits submitted.

Data are reported by the Cuyahoga County Department of Human Resources on an annual basis.
Why is this important?

Cuyahoga County provides healthcare to over 13,000 employees and dependents. In 2016, the County spent over $101 million on healthcare costs for employees and their dependents. Research tells us that 75% of healthcare spending is attributable to behavior-related and preventable illnesses, and that 48% of organizations found wellness programs keep healthcare costs down. Focusing on prevention (behavior-related and preventable illnesses) can lower healthcare cost increases for the County and our employees. Wellness programs can also develop healthier, happier, and more productive employees.
How are we making an impact?

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live, work, and deliver programs and services at Cuyahoga County. The Wellness program was minimally impacted by COVID-19 as a result of moving Cuyahoga County Wellness Program offerings from in-person to virtual events.  With the stresses and challenges that this pandemic has had, and continues to have, on the physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing of individuals, there really could not have been a better time to have a strong wellness program in place.  The County responded and adapted programming to focus more on mental wellbeing. Program communications increased and more virtual webinars were offered on topics like stress management, yoga and meditation, tips for working at home, and creating new and fun ways to stay engaged with each other when socially distant. The County extended the deadlines for certain “required” actions in the wellness program, such as biometric screenings, to help employees who could not get in to see their physician and to also make program goals more achievable. Additionally, one of the County's EAP providers, Moore Counseling and Mediation Services, extended the number of counseling sessions available to individual employees from 6 per year to 10. As a result of program modifications and the Cuyahoga County Department of Human Resources response to employee needs employee participation in the wellness program remained strong in 2020.   
Performance Target

Percent of Employees Registered (Annual): 49%
Wellness Program Participants - Annual Performance
Employee Wellness Program Participants (by Program Year)
Bar chart with 2 data series.
Bar chart shows the number of employees that participated in the Cuyahoga County Wellness Program by program year and the number of employees that completed the wellness program by program year. See data table for details.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying values. Range: 0 to 4000.
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Percent of Employees Registered for Wellness Program - Annual Performance
Percent of Employees Registered (by Program Year)
Combination chart with 2 data series.
Bar chart shows the percent of Cuyahoga County employees registered for the wellness program by program year. See data table for details.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying values. Range: 20 to 50.
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Wellness Program Activities - Annual Performance
Wellness Program Activities (by Program Year)*
Bar chart with 3 data series.
Bar chart shows the number of wellness program participants that completed specific activities including health assessments, biometric screenings, and tobacco free affidavits by program year. See data table for details.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying values. Range: 0 to 4000.
End of interactive chart.
Data Source

Cuyahoga County Department of Human Resources

Data table abbreviated due to number of measures.  See Attachments for full data table.  
Attachments
  • CuyahogaCountyWellnessProgramDataTable.xlsx
Measure Data
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Period Status Wellness Program Participants Percent of Employees Registered Percent of Employees Registered - Target Organizational Challenge Participants Health Assessments Completed Biometric Screenings Completed Tobacco Free Affidavits Submitted Employees that Completed Program
2015 Not Defined
2016 Not Defined
2017 Making Progress Toward Target 2,346 34.00% 35.00% 1,538 1,749 1,213
2018 Making Progress Toward Target 2,267 31.00% 35.00% 1,517 2,013 1,499
2019 Target Reached 3,092 48.30% 35.00% 2,903 2,541 3,031 2,387
2020 Target Reached 3,346 47.70% 35.00% 1,953 3,027 1,373 2,930 1,998
2021 Not Defined 49.00%