{"id":316991,"date":"2026-06-23T16:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/316991\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:27:08","slug":"cape-coral-earns-gold-designation-for-workplace-mental-health-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/316991\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coral Earns Gold Designation for Workplace Mental Health Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 23, 2026<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/62326-2026 Bell Seal Award.jpg\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"2026 Bell Seal Award for Cape Coral\" width=\"351\" height=\"351\"\/>The City of Cape Coral&#8217;s Human Resources Department earned the Gold Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health by Mental Health America (MHA). This is the third year in a row Cape Coral has received this national certification, recognizing employers committed to creating mentally healthy workplaces for their employees.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">The Bell Seal is the first of its kind in the United States, with gold being one of four levels, along with bronze, silver, and platinum.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">The certification evaluates organizations on their internal policies and practices affecting workers&#8217; well-being, including culture, benefits, and wellness programs.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mhanational.org\/bell-seal-recognition\/bell-seal-recipients\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MHA&#8217;s Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health<\/a>\u00a0was introduced in 2019 to acknowledge employers who understand the importance of addressing mental health at work. In 2024, only 40 percent of the 949 employers that completed the pre-survey qualified for certification. The City of Cape Coral is proud to be recognized at the gold level for its commitment to supporting a mentally healthy workforce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 23, 2026 The City of Cape Coral&#8217;s Human Resources Department earned the Gold Bell Seal for Workplace&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-316991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}