The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) is making changes to enhance its efforts in addressing substance abuse among the state’s workforce. The new program, known as the Substance Use Prevention and Recovery Program (SUPR), combines the Drug-Free Safety Program (DFSP), DFSP Safety Grants, and the Substance Use Recovery and Workplace Safety Program. This single program helps to address workplace misuse of alcohol and other drugs. The goal is to help state-fund employers prevent work-related injuries and illnesses by combining drug-free efforts into an employer’s safety program. ​

CINCINNATI AREA IS ONE OF THE NATION’S FASTEST GROWING CONSTRUCTION JOB MARKETS AS REGION ADDS MORE JOBS THAN ALL BUT ONE OTHER AREA THIS YEAR

Area Construction Employment Grows by 11 Percent Between June 2024 and June 2025 as Local Firms Add 5,800 Jobs, Construction Groups Outline Steps to Recruit More People into High-Paying Construction Careers
 
The Cincinnati metro added more new construction jobs during the past year than every metro area in the U.S. except for one, despite widespread labor shortages for the industry, according to an analysis released by the Associated General Contractors of America today. As local construction firms expand their payrolls, the national association and its local chapters are taking steps to recruit the next generation of construction workers while pushing for more federal workforce development support, officials noted.
 
“As demand for construction grows here and in many other parts of the country, more firms are having a difficult time finding enough qualified workers,” said Brian Turmail, the national spokesman for the Associated General Contractors of America. “Yet contractors in Cincinnati are showing the rest of the industry that there are ways to recruit more people into construction.”
 
Turmail noted that the Cincinnati metro area added 5,800 construction jobs between June 2024 and June 2025, an 11 percent increase. The area added more construction jobs than all but one of the 360 metro areas the association tracks and at a faster rate than all but 4 of those metros. There were 60,200 people working in construction in the Cincinnati area in June, up from 54,400 in June 2024.