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Employee Assistance Program Certification

In October of 1989 the Florida Occupational Program Committee (FOPC), an independent EA professional association operating as a private-not-for-profit-corporation, chartered by the state of Florida, was awarded a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) grant (#271-89-8536) to develop and field test a protocol for assessing and certifying Employee Assistance Programs.  The development phase of this contract included the conceptualization of a methodology and process for certifying programs. This resulted in four written products: 1) A "Resource Article" outlining the basic assumptions to be used in developing a certification protocol, 2) a "Certification Manual" containing all the necessary application forms, certification criteria and appeals process, 3) a "Training Guide" to be used to qualify EAP professionals to conduct program certification site reviews and, 4) a "Final Report" evaluating the Florida project and providing analysis concerning issues raised during the implementation of the project and recommendations for others wishing to build upon the Florida pilot project.  Plus the “Field Testing” of this EA Program Certification Protocol produced the first four Certified Employee Assistance Programs in the nation under the auspices of NIDA and FOPC.

The primary architects for planning, developing and implementing this EA Program Certification Protocol were Chuck Rabaut and Teddy Kemp (both Past-Presidents of FOPC), assisted by Susan Swan-Granger, Project Consultant and Don Godwin, (NIDA) Project Mentor.

 Paul Roman, Ph.D., also served as a consultant to the project. Paul, along with Terry Blum, are perhaps best known for their research into what constitutes the "Core technology" of EAP practice. Paul had also been a frequent visitor and friend (Researcher/Consultant) to Florida and had recently concluded a research project involving a major corporation in Florida.

Additionally, FOPC’s EA Program Certification Protocol was reviewed by the Standards Committee of EAPA as a possible model for national certification and is recognized in EAPA publications as having made a significant contribution in furthering dialogue regarding the need for a program certification based on EAPA Program Standards. Since the FOPC Certification Program protocol was developed, many EA programs have been certified in public, private, and educational organizations.  Even though requests for certification team reviews have come primarily from throughout the Southeastern U.S., only those programs in the States of Florida and Georgia have been selected for evaluation and subsequent EA Program Certification. 

Beginning in 2006, however, EAP FLORIDA is making the certification process available to programs throughout the U.S. 

If you or your organization is interested in the Certification of your Employee Assistance Program using a nationally recognized protocol and team, please complete and submit the attached EA Program Certification Application.

EAP FLORIDA

EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

 CERTIFICATION APPLICATION

APPLICANT INFORMATION

CORPORATE NAME:                                            

Address:                                                  

EAP Contact:                                                   

                                                                
                    (Name)                  (Department/Unit)

(Address)                                                  

(Phone)                                                    

(Email)                                                            

1.  Sector (Check all that apply):
         Private Sector/For Profit
          Private Sector/Nonprofit
         Labor Union/Private Sector
         Labor Union/Government Sector 
         Local Government
         State Government
         Federal Government

2.  Type of Program to be Certified (Check one):
         External Contractor: Specify program to be certified.                              
    _____Consortium: Specify program to be certified.                                       
         Internal; specify type of business below: (Note programs with internal and external    staff should apply in name of external provider.)  

   Beverage            Health Care          Services

    Communications      Hospitality          Trade (Retail)

    Construction        Insurance            Trade (Wholesale)

   Consulting          Manufacturing        Transportation   

    Education           Military             Utility

    Energy              Recreation           Other (Specify)

    Finance             Real Estate   

3.  Number of EAP staff available to service program:       

4.  Total employees covered by program:                     

5.  Length of time program has been in operation:           

6.  Primary program orientation:    alcohol/drug; broadbrush;
     other (Please specify):                      

7.  Program Service Area: City
    (Specify):                                          

      If Multisite 
      (Specify):                              -    

    If both, specify percent of multisite coverage:                         

8.  Services provided: (check all that apply)

       a.  Program consultation                         

        b.  Orientation/training                         

                    Top management              Union stewards

                     Supervisors                 Families

                    Employees                   Dependents

            c. Clinical services:                            

                   Assessment only

                   Diagnosis and treatment planning

                   Short term counseling

            d.  Referral services:         

 e.            Follow up/Case Management services          

          Ensure satisfaction with referral only.

     _____Ongoing case management.

            f.  Benefits Management:

     via referral process only;

     via price negotiations with community resources;      (occasional)

     via service negotiations with community resources;      (occasional)

     via complete management of both cost and care, i.e., "managed care".

             g.  Other (specify):                              

9.  Program Funding (Check all that apply)

               Company/organization;

               Labor;

     Joint labor/management;

     Third party (e.g., insurance carrier, etc.)

     Other (specify):                         

10. Service Location (Specify percentage each)

                %  at worksite

                %  off site location

                    %  other (specify):                   ;     %

11.  Attachments (Note: This data will be treated as 
           "Proprietary Information" and safe guarded as
            such).

            a.  Program description (if internal program)

            b.  Program contract (if external provider)

            c.  Marketing materials (external providers) 

 12.  My signature below certifies that the applicant   program adheres to EAPA, EASNA, NIDA or other standards for Program Operation and will furnish copies upon request.

Applicant’s Name                          Phone(   )               

(Please type or print)

Signature                                    Date                 

  Please Return to:  Charles P. Rabaut, Jr.

               Certification Authority

    Florida Occupational Program Committee

                3121 Brandywine Dr.

Tallahassee, Florida 32308-0501

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QUESTIONS?  COMMENTS?   SUGGESTIONS?

CALL: CHUCK  

(850) 385-7723

or

E-mail: CPRabaut@comcast.net

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