The EARF was founded as a nonprofit to fund research demonstrating how employee assistance programs (EAPs) can improve lives and workplaces. It seeks to address the lack of ongoing research proving EAP value and stop their commoditization. The EARF's mission is to promote EAP excellence worldwide and translate research into practice. It has funded initial studies on EAP metrics and programs in Europe. The EARF is requesting additional support to sustain its research funding and further its goals.

1. EARF: Moving Forward
National Behavioral Consortium
February 27, 2013

2. Founded as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation with a
generous matching grant from the Tisone Family
Trust, the Foundation was formed to stimulate
innovative, rigorous, and theory-based research
activities to demonstrate the ability of EAPs and
related behavioral health & work-life products to
transform individual lives and maximize employee
contributions to organizational success.
What is the EARF...?

3. Unfortunately, there is simply an insufficient
amount of ongoing, credible research to
prove the valuable contribution of EAPs and
related services to workplace productivity.
The EARF seeks to fill this research gap to
re-establish the value of EAPs, and stop the
commoditization of EAP services.
…and why now?

4.  To promote excellence in the design and delivery of
Employee Assistance services throughout the world
 To promote and support effective measurement
practices, performance tools, and outcome criteria
 To bridge the gaps between knowledge and policy
by translating valid research findings into practice
 To assist in the attraction and recruitment of
outstanding scholars to conduct relevant research
Mission Statement

5. Carl Tisone – President
John Burke – Vice President
David Sharar – Secretary/Treasurer
Paul Roman – Senior Advisor to the Board
Elizabeth Merrick – Research Chair
Dale Masi
John Maynard
Jeff Christie
Board Members
Dennis Derr
Karen Osilla
Ron Manderscheid

6. Chestnut Global Partners
Claremont Behavioral Services
Harris Rothenberg International
New Directions Behavioral Health
Optum Behavioral Health
ORCAS (Oregon Center for Applied Science)
Perspectives, Ltd.
Psychcare
ValueOptions
Organizational Donors

7. Desired Outcome: To re-define value of EAPs
 Transparent performance metrics are
routinely collected and reported
 Credible, effective services are priced
equal to their true value
 Purchasers are able to correlate price
and quality

8. Desired Outcome: To re-invigorate EAP research
 Increase emphasis on evidence-based practice
 Encourage a pipeline of next-generation EAP
and workplace productivity researchers
 EARF becomes a leader in promoting, funding,
and disseminating research in the EAP field

9. Priorities for Action
 Fund new, relevant research
 Investigate trends in practice
 Aggregate and communicate findings
 Collaborate to improve quality and value

10. Creating a Benchmarking Resource of Metrics for
the External EAP Field, is a descriptive study of
basic metrics and service characteristics that describe
82 external EAP vendors located in North America &
10 other countries.
Principal Investigator is Dr. Stan Granberry, Director
of the National Behavioral Consortium (NBC) a
trade association of 17 member EAP, managed
behavioral health, and work-life firms.
First Research Grantees report results

11. The Eureka Project - EAPs in Continental Europe: State
of the Art and Future Challenges was conducted by Dr.
Debora Vansteenwegen of ISW Limits & the University
of Leuven in Belgium and Dr. Manuel Sommer of
Clinica CAPA & the Universidade Autonoma de Lisboa
in Portugal.
The multi-national research team surveyed HR managers
and employees in 6 European countries, examining
characteristics of existing EAPs and investigating the
future potential for EAPs in Europe.
First Research Grantees report results

12. What’s Next..? Round 2 of Grant Applications
 RFP - Workplace-related Outcomes released 9/12
 Latest research funding level at $100,000.00
 Four finalists invited to re-submit
 Deadline for re-submission: Friday, March 1, 2013
 Grant award announcement May 2013

13. The Value Proposition for Supporting EARF
 Visibility for your organization as a advocate for
EAP viability and sustainability
 Tangible business benefits of better data on EAP
contributions to workplace productivity
 Demonstrate leadership in leaving the EAP field
better off then when we entered it

14.  Total contributions to the Foundation have
totaled approximately $250,000 to date
 Total amount of research grant funding
and current commitments is $180,000.
 Current research funding levels are
unsustainable without additional support
The Bottom Line…

15. How You Can Help
There are multiple ways YOU can support the
Foundation’s mission:
1. Organizational contribution
2. Personal contribution
3. Planned contribution
4. In-kind contribution
5. Assist in fundraising and/or publicity efforts

16. Contact information:
Bernie McCann, PhD, CEAP
Development Consultant, EARF
development@earf.org
Website: www.eapfoundation.org
Cell: 781.264.6211
Skype: mccannbag