New EAP Accreditation Standards Developed

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News Approximately eight months ago, the Council on Accreditation (COA) and the Employee Assistance Society of North America (EASNA) signed a partnership agreement to develop new employee assistance program (EAP) standards and processes. Both organizations had previously accredited EAPs. COA did this when an accredited organization had an EAP. EASNA had accredited stand-alones in both Canada and the United States. Two years ago, it became clear to EASNA, an all-volunteer association, that it could not handle all of the requests that were coming in. After looking at . . .