Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 52.81
Liaison Stephan Classen
Submission Date Oct. 14, 2021

STARS v2.2

Cascadia College
PA-14: Wellness Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.75 / 1.00 Stephan Classen
Assistant Director of Sustainable Practices
Student Learning
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Part 1. Wellness program

Does the institution have a wellness program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all students?:
Yes

Does the institution have a wellness and/or employee assistance program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all academic staff?:
Yes

Does the institution have a wellness and/or employee assistance program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all non-academic staff?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s wellness and/or employee assistance program(s):
Employees have access to a state employee assistance program that provides free counseling and consultation, free legal consultation and financial counseling services, as well as a comprehensive work-life website that includes resources, articles, webinars and e-learnings, financial calculators, legal documents, self-search provider databases for eldercare, childcare, and more. Students are able to access 10 sessions of counseling on campus. There is also the Health and Wellness Resource Center (HaWRC) that providse resources connections, financial coaching, and public benefits enrollment. Our services include peer health education and sexual and relationship violence prevention and advocacy

https://des.wa.gov/services/hr-finance-lean/employee-assistance-program-eap

Students have access to free counseling at the UWB Counseling Center as well as support from Disability Support Services, Veteran's Center and the Cascadia College CARE team.

http://www.cascadia.edu/advising/counseling.aspx

Part 2. Smoke-free environments

Does the institution prohibit smoking within all occupied buildings owned or leased by the institution?:
Yes

Does the institution restrict outdoor smoking?:
Yes

Does the institution prohibit smoking and tobacco use across the entire campus?:
No

A copy of the institution's smoke-free policy:
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The institution’s smoke-free policy:
Buildings on campus are smoke-free. There are designated outdoor smoking areas that are identified by a green gazebo for students and employees to smoke.

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