Base Boston Health, Safety, Work-Life Department
Helping you balance your Work and your Life
Employee Assistance Program
CG SUPPORT Program
Call: 855-CG SUPRT (247-8778)
Web (for EAP): http://www.CGSUPRT.com
Who is eligible?
Active duty members and their dependents, select reservist
and their dependents, full-time civil service employees and their
dependents, full-time exchange system and MWR employees and their
dependents.
Services of CG SUPRT:
For Individuals: services include face to face assessment,
referral and short term counseling for a wide variety of personal concerns
such as depression, relationship discord, and career transition. The program
also offers telephonic assistance for financial and legal concerns. Another
service of the program is telephonic and information assistance with life
impact that impact everyone. Examples of this service are finding eldercare
and childcare providers and assistance with negotiating the college
application process. CG SUPRT also offers health coaching to assist
employees and their family members with health matters such as smoking
cessation, weight management, and stress reduction. Finally, the program can
assist with tax preparation.
For Management: managers may also consult with the CG
SUPRT Program when there is a workplace situation that may impact the stress
of his/her employees OR when an employee's conduct or performance may be
impacted by a personal concern For Organization: Critical incidents,
downsizing, and other large scale events can impact an entire organization.
Service include training, critical incident response and education.
For Everyone: the CG SUPRT offers an extensive website
that contains articles, mental health assessments, and national resources.
The following explains the process to apply to utilizing
the CG SUPRT program:
When employees contact CG SUPRT, they can expect to talk
with a professional who will first gather information such as which agency
they are employed by, the nature of the concerns, and, if they would like
face to face counseling and where they would like to meet with a counselor.
Then the employee will be contacted by a local counselor to begin the
process of setting up an appointment. Usually the employee is contact within
a day or two, unless there is an emergency situation.
Program Responsibilities & General Information
Quick Response
Checklists (QRCs)
Suicide Prevention
Resources
Sexual Assault
Resources
Workplace Violence
Resources
Coping
with Financial Stress Resources
Program Responsibilities
& General Information:
- Suicide
prevention trainings, information, and referrals
- Workplace violence
prevention trainings
- Rape and sexual assault
awareness trainings and reporting
- Critical Incident Stress
Management (CISM)
- Victim and witness
assistance
- Financial Management
Program
- American Red Cross
liaison
QUICK RESPONSE CHECKLISTS
(QRCs):
The QRCs below can be
used by commands when an incident occurs to ensure that all required steps
are followed, notifications are made, and the victim is provided the
services he/she needs. Please feel free to download them and
personalize them to your unit as needed.
"Coming Soon"= links to QRC's"
-Rape/Sexual Assault
-CISM
-Workplace Violence
-Suicide
Suicide Prevention
Resources:
Suicide
Prevention Resource Center
American Association of Suicidology - information on suicide and its prevention
National Institute of Mental Health - Suicide Prevention
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Sexual
Assault Resources:
Offfice of Work-Life Programs-
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Programs (SAPR)
Command Toolkit - Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program (SAPR)
Male Survivor - support
information for male victims of sexual abuse
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
- information on all forms of sexual abuse
Victim Rights Law Center - Free
legal help for sexual assault victims
Office on Violence Against Women
The Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual
Assault & Domestic Violence
Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services,
Inc.
New Hampshire Coalition Against Sexual
Assault & Domestic Violence
New York City Alliance Against
Sexual Assault
Day One - The Sexual Assault and Trauma
Resource Center (Rhode Island)
Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual
Violence (VNADSV)
Workplace Violence
Resources:
OSHA Safety
and Health Topics- Workplace Violence
World Health Organization Injuries and Violence Prevention - Workplace
Violence
Contact:
Joseph Bubala (Boston Office)
Joseph.A.Bubala@uscg.mil
Office phone number:
617-223-5012
Leslie Cardona (Sector New York Office)
Leslie.S.Cardona@uscg.mil
Office phone number: 718-354-2265
Contact for Sexual Assault Response Coordinator:
Jacquelyn Tellier (Boston Office) Jacquelyn.E.Tellier@uscg.mil
Office phone number: 617-223-3484
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