Employee & Family Resources
DESCRIPTION
CONTACT NAME
Julie McCarty
EMAIL
jmccarty@efr.org
PHONE
515-471-2308
OFFICE ADDRESS
505 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600
Des Moines, IA 50309
Employee & Family Resources (EFR) is a nonprofit human services
organization dedicated to helping people manage life's challenges so they
can reach their full potential.
Their Community Services help individuals and families to establish and
meet goals, focus on increasing access and services for specific language
and cultural groups, and provide substance abuse related prevention and
programming. These programs include the Student Assistance
Program for youth, bilingual counseling services,
and behavioral and restorative justice programs.
Their Workplace Services help organizations perform optimally by growing
healthy and focused employees and providing guidance in times of crisis.
These programs include an Employee Assistance Program and wellness
programming for employees, training and leadership coaching for
management, and mediation and crisis response services.
Their Substance Abuse Services help individuals, families, and employers
impacted by substance abuse-related problems.
TYPE OF WORK
Community Based, Educational/School
HOW TO HELP
COUNTIES
Polk
Individuals can support the work of EFR by volunteering and
through monetary donations. Iowans are encouraged to learn more about
volunteer, internship and service learning opportunities by contacting
Louise Crall online or at 515-471-2373.
Organizations can support the work of EFR by participating in their
workplace services programming, making referrals to their community
services and substance abuse services, or requesting a member of their
Speakers Bureau to share their expertise and success stories with
members and employees. Please contact EFR staff directly for more
information about these opportunities or to explore other partnership ideas.
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