{"id":57411,"date":"2026-04-21T16:03:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vayahealth.com\/?p=57411"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:03:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:03:38","slug":"vaya-health-awarded-mental-health-america-bell-seal-for-workplace-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vayahealth.com\/es\/news-and-stories\/vaya-health-awarded-mental-health-america-bell-seal-for-workplace-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaya Health otorg\u00f3 el Sello de Plataforma Bell de Mental Health America para la Salud Mental en el Lugar de Trabajo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>ASHEVILLE, NC - <\/strong>Vaya Health is proud to announce that it has been awarded a 2026 Gold Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health, the nation\u2019s top recognition for U.S. employers committed to creating mentally healthy workplaces. The <a href=\"https:\/\/mhanational.org\/bell-seal-recognition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bell Seal<\/a> is issued by <a href=\"https:\/\/mhanational.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Salud mental en Am\u00e9rica<\/a>, the nation\u2019s leading nonprofit dedicated to promoting mental health and well-being of all people living in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSupporting mental health in the workplace isn\u2019t a box to check, it is an intentional investment our biggest asset, our people,\u201d said Danielle Wittekind, Executive Vice President &amp; Chief Human Resources Officer. \u201cVaya is steadfast in our commitment to organizational health and creating culture and workplace that priorities individual wellbeing.\u00a0 I am incredibly grateful to our staff and teams who continue to shape our workplace where people feel supported, respected, and able to do their best work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vaya Health was evaluated on its policies and practices in four areas: culture, benefits, compliance, and whole-health wellness programs. Outside of a robust employee benefits offering, with specific programs and benefits to support mental health, Vaya prioritizes employee wellbeing, empowers supportive people leaders, upholds fair personnel procedures, and promotes professional development building a healthier, more resilient workforce. Following Hurricane Helene, Vaya created a weekly series entitled \u201cMindfulness Mondays\u201d led by Vaya\u2019s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Richard Zenn, where employees meet virtually to pause, reflect, and explore resources for resilience. Due to the success and overwhelming positive response to this series, Mindfulness Mondays continues today creating a space for employees to learn mindfulness techniques and prioritize their mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vaya Health is committed to providing the best for its employees and looks forward to continuing work to ensure they uphold the standards the Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health set forth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2019, Mental Health America has awarded the Bell Seal to hundreds of employers for supporting the mental health of 5.1 million employees combined, following decades of research into best practices in workplace mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about MHA and the Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health at <a href=\"https:\/\/mhanational.org\/bell-seal-recognition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">mhanational.org\/bestemployers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<h5 class=\"gb-text\"><strong><u>Acerca de Vaya Health<\/u><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Vaya Health es una organizaci\u00f3n especializada en atenci\u00f3n sanitaria gestionada y una agencia gubernamental local que supervisa los servicios de atenci\u00f3n sanitaria financiados con fondos p\u00fablicos en una regi\u00f3n de 32 condados de Carolina del Norte para personas con importantes necesidades de salud conductual, discapacidades intelectuales\/del desarrollo y lesiones cerebrales traum\u00e1ticas. Vaya gestiona la financiaci\u00f3n de Medicaid, federal, estatal y local para satisfacer las necesidades de los miembros y de la comunidad, al tiempo que promueve la salud integral de la persona. Junto con los miembros, los proveedores contratados y los socios locales, avanzamos hacia una Carolina del Norte m\u00e1s saludable. Puede encontrar Vaya Health en l\u00ednea en <a href=\"\/es\/\" title=\"\">vayahealth.com<\/a>en Facebook en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Vayahealth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">facebook.com\/VayaHealth\/<\/a>en X (antes Twitter) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VayaHealth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">@VayaHealth<\/a>en Instagram en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vaya.health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">instagram.com\/vaya.health<\/a>y en LinkedIn en\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/vaya-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">linkedin.com\/empresa\/vaya-salud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASHEVILLE, NC \u2013 Vaya Health is proud to announce that it has been awarded a 2026 Gold Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health, the nation\u2019s top recognition for U.S. employers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":57410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","banner-text":"","banner-text-color":"","button-text":"","button-text-color":"","button-link":"","has-button-icon":"","background-color":"","has-background-icon":"","background-icon-color":"","second-featured-image":"","footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vayahealth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vayahealth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vayahealth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vayahealth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vayahealth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vayahealth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57412,"href":"https:\/\/www.vayahealth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57411\/revisions\/57412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vayahealth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vayahealth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vayahealth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vayahealth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}