Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 71.21
Liaison Lisa Noriega
Submission Date June 29, 2022

STARS v2.2

Yale University
PA-14: Wellness Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Amber Garrard
Associate Director
Yale Office of Sustainability
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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):
Yale Well is a web-based guide to wellness information, resources, and opportunities for all students at Yale. https://yalewell.yale.edu/

Student Wellness works to advance the health of the Yale student community by empowering students to make healthier choices. http://yalehealth.yale.edu/studentwellness

Counseling & Support Services is available to employees as part of the benefits package. Yale's EAP, offered through OPTUM and WorkLife services
are available at no extra cost and include: referrals, seeing in-network clinicians, access to liveandworkwell.com and initial consultations with mediators or financial and legal experts. https://www.liveandworkwell.com/content/en/member.html.

The the Yale Signature Benefits page provides employees with access to all Personal Wellness, Financial, and Worklife benefits.
https://your.yale.edu/work-yale/benefits/yale-signature-benefits

Being Well at Yale works to create and sustain a culture, community and environment in which wellness is a core value and measure of excellence at Yale. It offers programming for employees around tobacco cessation, physical activity, stress management and nutrition & weight management.
http://beingwell.yale.edu/

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?:
Yes

A copy of the institution's smoke-free policy:
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The institution’s smoke-free policy:
Yale cares deeply about the health and well-being of its students, faculty, staff and visitors. That is why the university is committed to supporting a tobacco free campus. The focus of Tobacco Free Yale is on improving the health and environment of our overall community. Yale recognizes that quitting tobacco can be a significant personal challenge and that cessation programs are an integral component in implementing a tobacco free campus. Yale offers numerous resources to help.
https://your.yale.edu/policies-procedures/policies/towards-tobacco-free-yale

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s wellness programs is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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