The Franklin County Cooperative (FCC), located in Columbus, Ohio, provides unique opportunities and challenges to support holistic well-being for over 8000 employees and their spouses across Franklin County. This unique cooperative supports over 40 agencies, with over 100 locations through their wellness program, ThriveOn. Agencies in the Cooperative include police and fire, children's services, the coroner's office, the parks department, and more. The role of the Cooperative is to support overall well-being through benefits, services, and programming for agencies and individual participants to promote a healthy workforce. Over the eleven years that that the Cooperative has dedicated resources to well-being, engagement levels continue to be above industry benchmarks, and ThriveOn saw its highest participation rate of 66% in 2023. Since 2019, the Cooperative has seen a continued reduction in metabolic risk factors, including a 2% reduction in 3+ risks for a cohort population of 2,632 participants and a 98% PCP adherence.During this session, learn more about the milestones the Cooperative has achieved as they expand and develop programming for their workforce, the challenges and obstacles they have faced, and their next steps to continue evolving their program.
Learning Objectives
After completing this session, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the evolution of the ThriveOn program, supporting individual needs for well-being, and explain the data that supported additions of programs to support mental and financial well-being, in addition to preventative care resulting in compliance levels well above industry benchmarks.
2. Discuss the role of wellness champions to drive success in a unique organization with a wide variety of industries and locations, each with varying levels of leadership and cultural support, and apply tangible ideas to build and enhance a wellness champion network at your organization.
3. Recognize the importance of collaboration among vendors, including referrals, integration of data, and strategic planning to support Cooperative goals.1 CECH Available