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Frontline Assistance

Useful Resources for Corrections Professionals and Their Loved Ones

Whether you need immediate support, tools to manage stress, or guidance for your family, the resources below are organized to help you quickly find what matters most.

Immediate Support

If you or someone you know is in crisis, confidential help is available 24/7.

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988
https://988lifeline.org

Crisis Text Line
Text HOME to 741741
https://www.crisistextline.org

COPLINE
Confidential support by retired law enforcement for law enforcement and corrections professionals
https://www.copline.org

Corrections Professionals

Practical tools to support wellness, communication, and day to day challenges of all corrections staff.

Wellness and Stress Awareness
OVU Wellness Principles help identify and better understand the stressors affecting correctional professionals.
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Engagement and Communication
Practical approaches to improving communication, trust, and workplace culture.
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Additional Wellness Guidance
A broader guide with tools that support both work and home life.
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Family Members and Loved Ones

Corrections work does not stay at the facility door. Families often carry the stress in different ways, and support at home matters.

Retirees

Support for navigating retirement in a healthy and meaningful way.

Healthy and Rewarding Retirement, OVU Wellness Principles
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Need More Support?

Looking to bring resources to your agency or want to learn more about how OVU tools can help strengthen staff wellness, engagement, and workplace culture? Contact Us

Available OVU Resources

Wellness Principles
Practical steps organizations can take to create healthier work environments and better support their workforce.

Culture Assessment Survey
A confidential, data driven tool to understand staff needs, identify priorities, and guide decision making

Facilitated Listening Sessions – Structured conversations with staff and leadership that validate findings, surface priorities, and ensure workforce input is clearly understood and reflected.

Strategic Planning and Implementation Support – Collaborative planning with agencies, unions, and leadership to translate staff feedback into clear priorities, actionable steps, and measurable outcomes. This work helps ensure that what is heard and learned leads to meaningful, sustained change.

Workforce Engagement – Targeted support that equips agencies, unions, and leaders with practical tools and approaches to better engage their workforce over time. Grounded in the belief that those closest to the problem are key to finding and shaping solutions, this builds the internal capacity to listen, respond, and sustain progress.