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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 5, 2001 Action Age~a Item No. SUBJECT: Em to ee Assistance Pro ram Contract Renewal DEPARTMENT: Personnel PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): 1 - 2001-02 EAP Contract 2 -Draft Memorandum of Agreement with Town of Hillsborough INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director, Extension 2550 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider renewal of the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) contract with Magellan Behavioral Health (formerly Human Affairs International) at a reduced rate. BACKGROUND: The EAP provides Orange County employees and their dependents with confidential face-to~face assessment and counseling services, 24-hours a day emergency service, referral to community resources as needed, coverage for any personal problems and follow-up on all cases. The types of problems which may be addressed through the EAP include drug and alcohol abuse, mental health including depression, parent/child issues, marital issues and job stress. The EAP also provides supervisory consultation for dealing with an employee experiencing personal problems, and provides consultation on a variety of mental health topics such as stress management, depression and conflict management. The EAP currently serves as Orange County's referral agency for any employee problems related to substance abuse. The County's Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy, which complies with the Federal government's drug and alcohol testing requirements, requires the County to have a referral agency for an employee who tests positive for substance abuse. The EAP is the required referral resource for drug and alcohol treatment, under the Drug and Alcohol Testing requirements. The EAP also serves as the County's referral source when dealing with critical incident debriefings. The total service EAP employee utilization rate for employees contacting the EAP for assistance averages around 45 to 55 employees per year. In addition the EAP has provided employee training on dealing with eldercare issues. The EAP also has provided training for supervisors and department heads an its supervisory assistance program. Also as noted earlier, the EAP provides individual consultative assistance to supervisors in dealing with specific problem employee situations such as depression.