Creating healthier workplaces takes sustained effort. When workers are empowered, well-being is prioritized, and meaningful change follows. This quarter, we are partnering with educators, healthcare professionals, and correctional leaders to make health and safety part of everyday work.



Here’s what’s happening at CPH-NEW:

• Six focus groups conducted this past fall for the Total Teacher Health project, provided a broad view of each school's work environment over the last three years, highlighting the programs impacts ranging from increased co-worker support to organizational supports like extra classroom supports for educator breaks. 

• The SHIFT team delivered capacity-building training to 65 healthcare leaders to improve facilitation, decision-making, and conflict resolution skills. This spring, the project will again assess participatory program sustainability using an arts based evaluation method. Read about Building a Total Worker Health® Program for Unions and Worker Organizations in the Labor Studies Journal.

• The HITEC Program began its third year of funding through the State of Connecticut continuing its participatory TWH interventions for correctional workers.

• The Outreach Core will host a research symposium in May for students to showcase their thesis work in occupational safety, health, and wellbeing. This fall, the team developed new tools for leaders implementing the Healthy Workplace Participatory Program. The Champion Toolkit and the Organizational Readiness Toolkit, prepare leaders for implementing a participatory TWH program in their organizations.

The 2025 CPH-NEW Annual Impact Report documents a year of applied research and training that reached workers and organizations across multiple sectors. The report highlights how programs were implemented, sustained, and scaled during a challenging economic year.