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$1 Million Grant will Support Innovative Worksite Wellness Programs

May 21, 2004

A $1 million grant to the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo, made possible by State Sen. Mary Lou Rath, will be used to kick-start an innovative initiative to improve the health and wellness of workers in Western New York.

The initiative, called Western New York Wellness Works, is a pilot program conceived by Rath to allow employers and employees to share in the "wellness dividend."

The program, announced today by Rath at a press conference at UB, will provide matching funds to companies in the region selected to participate based on their plans for employee wellness programs. The goal of the initiative is to document the premise that making healthy choices can improve the lives of workers, decrease their need to use health-care services and increase productivity.

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