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11 <br />Purpose: Through the approval of the Risk Management Pool Board of Trustees, the Poois <br />are offering a Wellness Grant Program to counties who have participated in the <br />Group Benefits Pool for at least 12 months, The grant offers initial money to start- <br />up worksite wellness programs. The goals of a wellness program should begin <br />with the premise of developing employee awareness -that their action or inaction, <br />impact their health. The anticipated end result for a wellness program should be <br />cost savings in the form of decreased claims, reduction in absenteeism by <br />improving employee well-being, increasing productivity, and heightened worker <br />morale, <br />Qperation: The grant program has been developed in a similar fashion to the Pool multi-pool <br />discount program. Depending upon the number of Poois in which a member <br />participates, and the number of covered lives based upon the Group Benefits Pool <br />data, drives the amount a member can receive in grant money, The money <br />designated for this grant program is on a first respond, first approved basis and is <br />only for members starting a wellness program. If a county opts to develop a <br />wellness program for a specific department, the grant awarded will be based nn <br />the number of Pool covered employees in that designated department(s) only, A <br />member initiates the process by completing the enclosed application with their <br />Marketing Representative who then presents the application responses to the <br />grant review committee. This committee meets quarterly to review grant requests <br />and notifies the candidate in writing approximately one week after the committee <br />has rendered its decision, <br />