October 19th, 2021 Combatting opioid misuse, addiction, and recovery is an incredibly complex issue influenced by unique factors in every community. Because of this complexity, organizations must collect vast amounts of data and disaggregate this data further to understand the impacts of socioeconomic status, race, gender, and more. Furthermore, determining cause and effect is [...]
October 10th, 2022 By: Marcos Marquez, Clear Impact Equity Lead As we add our voices to those celebrating Indigenous People’s Day, we first pause to ground our words in humility, respect, gratitude, and accountability. May the words that follow be filled with authenticity. Today, as individuals who work at Clear Impact, we acknowledge that our [...]
Across the nation, US states, local governments, communities, and their people are grossly harmed by the effects of opioid addiction. North Carolina and its counties and municipalities are engaged in ongoing investigations, litigation, and settlement discussions to hold these pharmaceutical companies and other players accountable for their alleged roles in the opioid crisis. Legislators [...]
Despite pharmaceutical companies' claims that addiction to opioids was nothing to worry about, opioid abuse continues to cause destruction throughout the United States. Some states have brought lawsuits against big pharmaceutical companies like Johnson & Johnson and Purdue Pharma, arguing deceptive marketing campaigns overselling the benefits of opioid use and downplaying risks. North Carolina [...]
You may have heard the phrase "unprecedented times" an unprecedented number of times over the past year and a half - especially as COVID-19 and its variants continue to wreak havoc across communities, industries, and economies worldwide. But it's true - direct service providers, businesses, governments, foundations, and communities alike currently face many challenges [...]
Achieving Public Health Accreditation and Creating Continuous Improvement in Macomb County Health Department In partnership with the communities it serves, the Macomb County Health Department’s (MCHD) mission is to protect the health and well-being of all who live, work, and play in Macomb County. The department pursues this mission by providing a wide range of [...]
Other Champions of the Business & Industry Alliance include Grow with Google and the NRF Foundation JUL. 16, 2021—WASHINGTON, DC—Today the National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB) announced Clear Impact is joining its prestigious Business & Industry Alliance. NAWB’s Business & Industry Alliance is a group of committed allies that are working directly with NAWB [...]
7/16/21 By: Jaqueline Blanco The Opioid Crisis. Since the late 1990s, the United States has been facing an opioid crisis that impacts thousands of Americans every day, causing them to become addicted or die from drug misuse. In 2017, more than 47,000 Americans died of opioid overdose and in 2019, nearly 50,000 more Americans [...]
July 13th, 2021 By: Henry Malone After thousands of lives lost to opioids, big pharmaceutical companies are paying billions to make up for it. Although the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be nearing its presumed end, a different epidemic continues to sweep the nation despite decades of counteractive efforts. Most of those efforts have been in [...]
Do you know if you are making progress on your most important organizational goals? Do you know how many of your performance metrics are trending in the right direction? How often are you analyzing your metrics? Designing a weekly performance check-in, accompanied by a "win your week" program, can help you answer all three of [...]
