Utica , New York – Center for Family Life and Recovery (CFLR), a Mohawk Valley area nonprofit business supporting individuals struggling with addition, mental health, and behavioral concerns, had a soft opening of their new Syracuse office in September. At this new location, free and confidential counseling services are provided through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Counseling is provided in one of three ways, depending on what the patient would like: in-person, or virtual (telephonic or video counseling). Virtual support groups are also forming including Pandemic Fatigue – Care for Caregivers, information on groups is available online at www.whenthereshelpthereshope.com/groups
To check benefits and receive help with eligibility for counseling services, including making a counseling appointment for any of CFLR’s locations, please call 1-800-729-6822. Currently, the Syracuse office is open by appointment only, so interested persons should call first to determine eligibility and schedule an appointment..
For more information about CFLR’s prevention, recovery, and behavioral health services and programs, including the EAP, please visit www.whenthereshelpthereshope.com For questions about the EAP program, please call Director, Sara Haag at 315-832-4003.
“With such immediate and widespread mental health needs in many sectors and communities right now during the on-going COVID19 pandemic, we felt now was the perfect time [for us] to do more to support recovery. On average 1 in 4 adults experience mental health illnesses annually, and this number is expected to be higher during the current pandemic. Our services are in demand to support many frontliners. We’re pleased to share that CFLR’s brand new Syracuse location soft-opened successfully this month at 5900 North Burdick Street, and we are already offering hope through counseling to individuals, couples and families,” Director Sara Haag explained.
CFLR is well-known throughout Central New York for providing Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services for over three decades. Headquartered in the Utica area of the Mohawk Valley, the nonprofit has additional offices in Utica, Herkimer, and Rome. Earlier this year, CFLR acquired “Liberty EAP,” formerly operated by Liberty Resources, and began to serve Syracuse area clients. CFLR’s EAP serves over 65 businesses and organizations in New York State and beyond by offering EAP – short-term assessment and referral counseling services to covered individuals such as employees and their family members. A leader in workplace wellness and recovery, CFLR’s EAP includes professional development opportunities through training, consulting, on-site critical incident stress de-briefing, and one point of access to all that the nonprofit offers for prevention and recovery assistance.
Employers looking to make EAP available as a benefit to their employees can reach out to EAP@CFLRINC.org and the sales team will assist with low-cost options for employers to get started with local EAP services.
Center for Family Life and Recovery, Inc. is proud to be the area’s leading expert for advocacy, prevention, counseling, and training. As a community partner, it is important to us that we continue spreading the message of help and hope to our area and with those whom we work.
“The opening of a new location in Syracuse this month marks the culmination of several months of planning,” CEO Cassandra Sheets said, “we are delighted to help provide another avenue to hope and recovery to the city of Syracuse.”
