In Connecticut, construction workers in the Local 478 union who complete addiction treatment are connected with a recovery ...

Roughly 100 employees of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration were let go according to insiders’ estimates. That’s more than 10% of the agency’s workforce, the 2025 ...

To improve insurance coverage of mental health and substance-abuse services, the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program offered mental health and substance-abuse benefits on a par with ge ...

The U.S. MHQ data leads to a compelling question: How many federal employees are succeeding or thriving in their mental health? U.S. Population Mental Health Status (5/1/2020 to 4/30/2021) ...

For some, just the fear of being fired has induced mental health crises. One federal employee — Joe, who asked NPR not to use his full name over concerns about retaliation, describes his ...

Another employee has worked in the mental health department of the Department of Veterans Affairs since 2017. Until January, he enjoyed his work. "This was my favorite job outside of the military ...

The Trump administration firings that began in February are taking a significant toll on federal employees' mental health. Workers say they feel overwhelmed and demoralized, have obtained or ...

Acting on an executive order issued by President Clinton, the federal government will offer its 9 million employees, beginning today, improved mental health benefits equal to those for physical ...

Dr. Bowers suggests, that if you are looking for work outside of the federal government, ask about policies in place for probationary workers and ask current employees how they are treated.

Federal employees and retirees will pay an average of 7.7% more on their health care premiums in 2024, a slight decrease from last year’s biggest price hike in a decade. The government’s share ...

A mental health leave is “not only OK, but it can really unlock new possibilities once we have the time to do the work — therapy, medication, whatever it is — and have enough distance from ...

As part of the mass firing of federal workers this spring, NIOSH was slated to lose upward of 900 employees.After pushback from members of Congress — primarily over coal miner and first ...