SupportLinc employee assistance program also provides work-life integration tools, resources

Since the SupportLinc employee assistance program (EAP) was introduced, it’s been shared that SupportLinc’s web portal also provides expert referrals and consultations, which includes convenience resources for childcare, elder care, home repair, housing needs, education, pet care, adoption and more.

This aspect of SupportLinc ties to the Healthy Boiler Program’s work-life integration pillar, which offers family-friendly benefits and programs that meet 21^st century work-life demands.

At the top of the Purdue-dedicated SupportLinc website, you’ll see icons for all the ways you can contact / interact with SupportLinc Care Advocates as well as links for Wellbeing, Family, Career, Lifestyle and Legal and Financial. Each link provides a variety of resources specific to the topic. Hover over “Family” and you can select a family-related sub-topic, such as Caregivers, Child Care, Elder Care, Family and more.

When you click on any of the sub-topics, layers of resources appear such as General Information, Article, Resource, Training, Video, Tip Sheet, Find a Provider, Toolkits and so on that lead to additional assets. A few examples are:

Caregivers – The three items listed under Resource are – Counseling Services, Emergency Savings Calculator and Home Budget Analysis.
Child Care –The Find a Provider item provides a link to GreatSchools Locator, a national non-profit organization that helps parents find educational opportunities for children.
Elder Care – The Resource section here offers links to Counseling Services and Financial Protection for Older Americans, and the Find a Provider section has an Elder Care Locator and a Community Resource Locator.
Family – Under Family, Toolkits provides One in Five Anti-Stigma Campaign and a Coronavirus (COVID-19) Toolkit.

As you can see, along with the behavioral health assistance offered through SupportLinc, the work-life integration (family friendly) resources also are plentiful. As a reminder, all requests for information or assistance through the SupportLinc program are free of charge and completely confidential. Employees can contact SupportLinc anytime, around-the-clock, 365 days a year.

Get started

To get started, call 1-888-881-5462, or log in to the SupportLinc website or eConnect® mobile app (available in the App Store and on Google Play) with username purdue.