Together Arkansas Relaunches, Aims to Create Recovery-Friendly Workplaces

Together Arkansas relaunches, aims to create recovery-friendly workplaces

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — An initiative intended to create recovery-friendly workplaces has now relaunched in Arkansas through a partnership with the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership, Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield, and the Arkansas State Chamber. According to a release, the initiative is called Together Arkansas, an "opioid-response initiative that provides free, easy-to-use resources and tools to Arkansas employers to facilitate a dr…

Workplace Mental Health At Risk As Key Federal Agency Faces Cuts

In Connecticut, construction workers in the Local 478 union who complete addiction treatment are connected with a recovery coach who checks in daily, attends recovery meetings with them, and helps them navigate the return to work for a year. The workplace is the new ground zero for addressing mental health.

US Mental Health Jobs Boom Faces Sudden Stop as Trump Cuts Funds

Mental health providers, the fastest-growing industry in the US since the start of the pandemic, risk a sharp reversal of fortune as President Donald Trump seeks to eliminate billions of dollars in funding that enabled their expansion.

Workplace mental health at risk as key federal agency faces cuts

Efforts to decrease alarmingly high rates of suicide among construction workers and prevent burnout in health care workers are in jeopardy.

Workplace Mental Health at Risk as Key Federal Agency Faces Cuts

In Connecticut, construction workers in the Local 478 union who complete addiction treatment are connected with a recovery coach who checks in daily, attends recovery meetings with them, and helps them navigate the return to work for a year. In Pennsylvania, doctors applying for credentials at Geisinger hospitals are not required to answer intrusive questions about mental health care they’ve received, reducing the stigma around clinicians seekin…

Why Most Rehab Ads Miss the Mark—and What Actually Matters

Life rarely slows down long enough to let a woman catch her breath, let alone begin to heal herself. Between chasing major deadlines, wrangling rambunctious kiddos, and pretending the group text isn’t blowing up, the idea of packing a bag for treatment can feel like planning a lunar mission. Yet hitting pause can be the most grounded decision you’ll ever make. The trick is choosing a place that treats you like a whole person, not a walking diagn…