Passaic County Council 
Employee Assistance Program

The Employee Assistance Program is designed to help employees and their families manage problems that have a negative impact on job performance. Businesses contracting for this fee for service, employee healthcare benefit, help their employees identify and resolve substance abuse and other problems.

Your EAP representative can help you decide what might be best for you and/or your family. Getting started is as simple as calling 973-473-3366. We can arrange a convenient and confidential assessment, which will assist you in clarifying the problem with an appropriate course of action or treatment. 
You can contact us via e-mail at: ncadd@passaiccountycouncil.org

Passaic County Council
Faith-based Initiative

It’s important for the faith-based community to know about the resources available when members of their community have a problem with alcohol, tobacco or other drugs. As part of the New Jersey Prevention Network (NJPN), the Passaic County Council will choose one congregation to work with for one year developing community readiness for the Faith Based Project. NJPN’s Faith-based Initiative is designed to build relationships at the local level and provide technical support, resources and training to leaders in the faith-based community. For more information, call us at 973-473-3366

"Forest Friends" is a developmental puppet program designed for kindergarten and first grade children, helping them learn about and deal with feelings, developing honesty, and showing respect for all. 

The program reaches children while their health-related attitudes, beliefs and behaviors are in the formative stage. The objectives are to help young children develop a desire for healthy living and to equip children with affirmative living skills that will enable them to grow up resilient to the pitfalls of alcoholism and drug abuse.

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Footprints for Life is a research-based primary prevention program that builds assets and teaches important life skills to students in grades two and three. Through the use of puppets and stories that feature “real life” situations experienced by a children’s soccer team, the program offers many opportunities for students to practice the new skills they have learned in a fun and non-threatening way.

The goal of Footprints for Life is to help young children build a strong foundation of life skills rooted in key social competencies. The social competencies that Footprints addresses are planning and decision-making practice, interpersonal skills, cultural competence, peer pressure, and peaceful conflict resolution — assets identified as promoting positive attitudes and behaviors.

Footprints for Life is a six-week program taught during a regular classroom period for approximately 40 minutes each week. Weekly homework assignments and educational sheets not only reinforce the lessons between classes, but also involve parents in their child’s learning experience.

• Program overview and story outline
• Introduction
  • Lesson #1 - Feelings and Learning "I" Messages
  • Lesson#2 - Conflict resolution using the Solution StopLight
  • Lesson#3 - Decision-making (peer pressure and consequences)
  • Lesson#4 - Tobacco, Alcohol, and Medications (RX and OTC)
  • Lesson#5 - Coping Skills
  • Lesson#6 - Remembering what we learned and sharing it with Amir

Footprints for Life reaches children while their health-related attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors are at a formative stage; provides a resource for teachers to help identify potential problems; and opens the door for parents to have important discussions with their children at home.

Comments From Teachers About Footprints

• "I think this has been an excellent program for my class. I will continue to use all the strategies with my class and encourage them to use them as well."
• "The Solution Stoplight, win/win, and "I" messages have provided a great resource for me as a teacher when incidences occur."
• "I encourage the children to use "I" messages and verbally express their feelings. This program has really helped the children utilize these strategies."
• My students totally enjoyed the program, but the carryover and application came from me. They still need to be reminded about win/win solutions and "I" messages."

For additional information, please call us at 973-473-3366 or write us at ncadd@passaiccountycouncil.org 

Celebrating healthy aging and educating older adults

                   

• Learn about the aging process and how to make healthy lifestyle choices
• Celebrate this exciting stage of life and all the benefits that come with it
• Discuss risk factors and behaviors you should avoid to stay healthy
• Examine how alcohol, prescription medications and over-the-counter medications affect seniors differently and how you can avoid problems