On Wednesday, June 26, 2019, Jennifer Kent, the EAP Coordinator at Mercy, provided an overview of the Employee Assistance Program at MSU. Tom Peters attended and took the following notes. For more information, if you’re a current employee of MSU, please contact MSU’s Human Resources. 

• • Three broad types of services:
    • Mental Health Services for the entire family of employees
    • Fiscal Counseling: debt management, budgeting, etc. 
    • Legal Services
  • All of these services are completely confidential. 
  • All full-time and part-time employees may use the service, including grad assistants, non-student part-time employees, and others.
  • The family members of the employee, including significant others, are eligible for services. These people can live in other places and states and still receive services. 
  • Six visits per person per calendar year are available.
  • Stress reduction and simplifying your life
  • Will preparation assistance is available online. City Utilities uses this, too. Takes 45 minutes to complete online. Can be updated as needed online, too. 
  • www.ndbh.com (New Directions Behavioral Health, the actual provider of these services for MSU and Mercy)
  • MSU’s password is [Ask HR] on the password-protected website
  • 24/7 call center: 1-877-254-0781