You are the training supervisor for a mid-size city.  The city manager and human resource manager meet with you and ask you to design a wellness program for city employees.  The city manager tells you that the city health insurance will be reduced by 20% if the city has a wellness program in place and if they can convince 50% of the employees to actively participate in the program.  There are currently 250 city employees ranging in age from 19 years to 67-years-old.  Forty percent of the employees are female and 60% are male.  The city manager is concerned about the health of his employees’ and he is concerned about the rising cost of insurance.  The human resource manager shares with you that the primary health issues for the city employees have been high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and depression.

In the design of your program, clearly identify the problem, include a needs assessment with supporting data, discuss the strategic plan that you want to implement, discuss the goals and objectives of the plan, how you will design the plan, your plan to gather employee support for the program, the estimated cost of program implementation and how you plan to evaluate the program.  Include a diagram or flow chart in your program. NOTE: THE DIAGRAM OR FLOW CHART NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN AN APPENDIX, NOT PART OF THE TEXT OF THE PAPER.  THE DIAGRAM OR FLOW CHART DOES NOT COUNT TOWARD THE 5 FULL PAGES OF ANALYSIS.

The paper must be double-spaced, paginated, have one inch margins, and be in Times New Roman 12-point font. The form and style of the paper must follow the Seventh Edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA). Papers shall include: 1) Cover Page 2) Table of Contents 3) Abstract 4) Body of the Paper (analysis), to include a proper introduction and conclusion 5) Reference page. Be sure to spell check all written material. Please save the document in Microsoft Office Word format. The paper must be submitted in MyCourses Learning software (drop box), not via email. Please remember, the paper must have at least 5 FULL pages of analysis (body of the paper). Failure to have at least 5 FULL pages of analysis will result in a grade that is not passing (partial pages do not count as a full page). All other sections of the paper do not count toward the length requirement. ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU HAVE TAKEN THIS COURSE PREVIOUSLY, RESUBMISSION OF THE SAME OR SIMILAR SUBMISSION USED IN THE PREVIOUS COURSE WILL RESULT IN A GRADE OF 0.

FINALLY, IF YOUR PAPER CONTAINS ANY CUT AND PASTE, EVEN IF CITED, YOU WILL RECEIVE A GRADE OF "F" AS THIS IS PLAGIARISM ACCORDING TO COLLEGE POLICY.  ANY USE OF A SOURCE MUST BE IN YOUR OWN WORDS AND PROPERLY CITED IN APA FORMAT.  IN ADDITION, NO QUOTES OF ANY KIND ARE PERMITTED IN THE SUBMISSION. Please see the following for more information: http://www.spcollege.edu/academichonesty/