Paulding County Board of Commissioners also makes available to you two employee assistance programs that can assist with everyday situations.
Benefits offered through ComPsych:
Confidential Counseling
Life can be stressful. Your EAP is designed to provide short-term counseling services for you and your dependents to help you handle concerns constructively, before they become major issues. Call anytime about concerns such as marital, relationship and family problems; stress, anxiety and depression; grief and loss, job pressures and substance abuse. You, and your family members, are allowed four free face-to-face visits each plan year.
Work-Life Solutions
Too much to do, and too little time to get it all done? The work-life specialists at ComPsych® can do the research for you and provide qualified referrals and customized resources for child and elder care, moving, pet care, college planning, home repair, buying a car, planning an event, selling a house and more.
Legal Support
With your GuidanceResources® program, you have an attorney “on call” whenever you have questions about legal matters. Speak with on-staff licensed attorneys about legal concerns such as divorce, custody, adoption, real estate, debt and bankruptcy, landlord/tenant issues, civil and criminal actions and more. If you require representation, you can be referred to a qualified attorney for a free 30-minute consultation and a 25 percent reduction in customary legal fees.
Financial Information
Everyone has financial questions. With your GuidanceResources® benefit, you can get answers about budgeting, debt management, tax issues and other money concerns from on-staff CPAs, Certified Financial Planners® and other financial experts, simply by calling your toll-free number.
GuidanceResources® Online
Go online to access timely, expert information on thousands of topics, including relationships, work, school, children, wellness, legal, financial and free time. You can search for qualified child and elder care, attorneys and financial planners, as well as ask questions, take self-assessments and more.
GuidanceResources® is available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
There are two ways to access your GuidanceResources® benefits:
- Call your toll-free number. You’ll speak to a counseling professional who can listen to your concerns and guide you to the appropriate services you require.
- Visit GuidanceResources® Online at www.guidanceresources.com and enter your company ID. Remember, your GuidanceResources® benefits are strictly confidential. To view the ComPsych® HIPAA privacy notice, please go to www.guidanceresources.com/privacy. I hope you will take some time to explore all the benefits that GuidanceResources® has to offer
Benefits offered through Anthem:
Grief Counseling: To help you, your dependents, and your beneficiaries cope with loss. You can access these services by calling 1-888-209-7840 or visit www.ResourceAdvisor.Anthem.com.
Beneficiary Companion Service: Assists beneficiaries with close out accounts and settle important estate matters.
Travel Assistance: Providers you support while traveling, including: emergency medical services, language assistance, legal assistance and much more.
Financial Planning: You can call to set up one-on-one financial counseling with a certified professional financial planner. They can help with issues like retirement planning, saving for a child’s education, and more.
Legal Services: You can get a consultation with an attorney over the phone at no charge. If you want to meet with an attorney in person, the legal consultant can set up an appointment at a discounted fee.
Identity Theft Recovery and Monitoring: Resource Advisor has fraud resolution specialists who can help if your identity is stolen. They can work with creditors, collection agencies, law firms and credit reporting agencies for you for up to one year. You can sign up for ID monitoring, get credit report reviews and place fraud alerts on credit reports no matter how many times your identity is compromised.
Online Tools To Help With Life Issues: The Resource Advisor website has tools to help with many of life’s challenges, such as creating a will, parenting, aging, healthy living, household support, referrals, funeral planning and more.