A second wellness coach could join the coach already embedded within the Huntington Fire Department and Police Department before the end of this year as part of Compass Huntington, a new program fighting compassion fatigue in first responders.
Compass launched about six months ago after Huntington was selected as one of the national winners of the 2018 Bloomberg Philanthropies U.S. Mayors Challenge last October. The prize was $1 million total in grant funding for the initiative stretching out over three years and Amy Berner, Compass program manager, said city officials have been moving quickly to implement new initiatives using the money.
“We hope that the Compass Program helps our first responders navigate their wellness journey,” Berner said.