CalHR Selects Spring Health to Assume Statewide Employee Mental Health Support
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Whole You, Powered by Spring Health, extends personalized mental health care to more than 245,000 California state employees across 153 departments SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- California's firefighters, police officers, parks departments, correctional staff, and many others spend their careers keeping communities safe and helping people through their worst days. Nationally, first responders develop PTSD at up to ten times the rate of the general population, according to a 2025 meta-analysis published in Clinical Psychology Review [1]. It's a toll that builds quietly over the routine weight of emergency response and is compounded during high-intensity stretches like fire season. The California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) is now providing the state's employees and their families access to Whole You, Powered by Spring Health, CalHR's new Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering confidential, personalized support for care, crisis needs, work-life challenges, and everyday wellbeing. A lifelong mental health platform, Spring Health will deliver mental health care to more than 245,000 California state employees across 153 departments, and their eligible family members. First responders receive the most extensive tier of care under the new program, delivered by trauma-informed providers with direct experience in first responder roles. Support...
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