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Get Active Workplace Wellness Toolkit

Your company can do its part to make Iowa the healthiest state in the nation, and this toolkit can remove your barriers to entry. Each month, businesses can download a new one-page poster that lays out wellness tips, facts, and resources that will give employees immediate takeaways that they can implement in their daily lives. Employers can also download information packets that contain more health facts, suggestions for activities to implement in the workplace, and daily health tips that they can email to employees. Each month will feature a specific themes. For more information on strategies to roll out and implement a formal wellness program in your workplace, see this Healthy Iowa Worksites toolkit from the Iowa Department of Public Health. 

Introduction

Healthiest State Initiative

The Healthiest State initiative is a privately-led public initiative intended to inspire Iowans and their communities throughout the state to improve their health and happiness. To achieve our goal, individuals, families, businesses, faith-based organizations, not-for-profits and the public sector have united in a community-focused effort to make Iowa the healthiest state in the nation. Learn more here!

TEAM Training
As a part of this initiative, the Greater Des Moines Partnership helps sponsor the TEAM (Teaching Employees Accountability Matters) training program for employees and first-time supervisors. Click here to learn more and download the training guides.

Des Moines. Get Active.

A mobile application that helps keep Des Moines active. Simply go to www.getactivedsm.com and save to your smart phone. This application provides a list of up-coming sporting events, encourages planning and participation in wellness events, creates competition using social gaming features and leader boards, engages the community through Facebook integration and friend check-ins.

Wellness Capital

Make the region a national model of wellness by leveraging existing capacities and governmental, non-profit, and corporate wellness efforts into a holistic wellness program for implementation in Des Moines-area communities. A regional wellness initiative envisioned in the Capital Crossroads regional vision plan, would serve many "Capitals": business, social, human, environmental, physical, governmental, and possibly even cultural. Read More.

Sports and Recreation

Whether you want a night out at the game cheering on your favorite local team, a day on the golf course "networking" with your business partners, or a quiet day riding your bike on the trails, Greater Des Moines has it all. Click here for more information.

Well-Being Index

Did you know that the State of Iowa ranks #10 for well-being index? Click here to see the full study from Gallup.  The Well-Being Index score evaluates basic access, healthy behavior, physical health, work environment, emotional health, and life evaluation.

Blue Zones Project

Communities around the U.S. are transforming their lives with well-being habits from the world's longest living people. Learn why and how here!

Wellness at Work

Four Tips For Workforce Wellness
Poor Wellbeing Is Killing Your Business 
Cleaning and Disinfecting to Prevent the Flu 
Wellness Programs that Pay
Wellness & Community Study Infographic  

Start Somewhere!

Click here for your guide to burn calories. Not a runner, nor a triathlete? No problem, simply moving about and doing common chores can burn calories!

Resources

ACA Fact Sheet for Small Businesses
SBA Healthcare Resource
The official U.S. Government website for Health Reform
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation has published a great summary of the new law.
The Small Business Majority has an interactive tax credit calculator as well as other summaries and handouts explaining the new law.
The Internal Revenue Service
The U.S. Small Business Administration

Online Learning

The Impact of Nutrition Webinar 
An Ounce of Prevention – knowing your numbers Webinar