The City of Peoria, Illinois (population 174,856) is seeking proposals from qualified contractors to provide an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for active City employees and their dependents. The
EAP will be designed to provide confidential assistance to covered individuals to assist them in dealing with issues they are facing which may impact their job performance or personal lives.
City employees face many of the emotional problems prevalent in society today. In some cases, these problems affect the employee’s health, effectiveness on the job and work attendance. Specific problems facing City employees include but are not limited to financial, drug and alcohol, health, death in family, illness of an elder relative or child, and the pressures and stresses of balancing work and family responsibilities. In recognizing the problems employees face, the City of Peoria has established an Employee Assistance Program. The function of the EAP is to see to the emotional, mental and psychological health of City workers and their families by providing access to outside counseling and referrals to appropriate community and professional resources for help in resolving problems. EAP services are available to all full-time City employees and their dependents. The services include, but are not limited to, psychotherapists, social workers, family counselors, other medical and/or health practitioners, credit and financial counseling, 24-hour crisis telephone response, and substance abuse expertise/counseling.
