Funding is the special fuel, the key ingredient in starting or expanding a wellness program. Plans can be shelved because of budget issues. Funding, wellness managers tell us, is something they struggle with. But wellness and health promotion programs offered by hospitals, colleges and universities, community-based initiatives and other non-profit organizations have an option: grants and contracts from charitable foundations and certain government agencies.This 75-page report provides just a sampling of the broad range of programs and projects that have been successfully funded in recent years to help illustrate the possibilities.

The Wellness Program Management Yearbook tackles the tough issues that arise when creating a worksite wellness or community health promotion program, as well as topics for more seasoned wellness and health promotion veterans.

Success stories, expert advice, proven methods, practical goals, and "how-to" tips to help prove the ROI of workplace wellness and health promotion programs to senior management and motivate employees to participate .

This compilation of expert advice, great ideas, proven methods, practical goals, and "how-to" tips, has been produced by the editorial team from Wellness Program Management Advisor, the popular monthly news briefing for workplace wellness professionals.

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