Valley News - $22M federal grant goes to D-H group aiming to get people back to work after disability

$22M federal grant goes to D-H group aiming to get people back to work after disability
Modified: 5/14/2021 9:27:57 PM
LEBANON — A team of occupational medicine specialists at Dartmouth-Hitchcock is set to expand a project to help Vermonters get back to work through a four-year, $21.6 million federal grant, according to a news release from the Lebanon-based health system.
The funding from the U.S. Department of Labor to the Vermont Department of Labor will go to support the second phase of a project called Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network (RETAIN).
The effort is aimed at reducing Vermont’s rate of work disability — one of the highest in the U.S. — and also the rate of young people receiving Social Security disability benefits — the second-highest rate nationally, according to the Tuesday news release. In addition to affecting people’s economic well-being, unemployment also can be a risk factor for physical and mental health issues such as heart disease, stroke, depression, suicide and the use of health care services.

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