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Employee Assistance Program

All regular employees and retirees, including part-time faculty with active jobs, are eligible to receive EAP services administered by Cascade Centers. Your lawful spouse, domestic partner, and dependents (up to age 24 and as defined by the IRS) are also eligible. Casual and student employees are eligible for the Home Ownership program, but not the other EAP programs. The EAP is a free, confidential service for employees and family members. Call Cascade EAP in the Portland Metro Area at: 503-639-3009 or in any other area at: 800-433-2320 for assistance with: relationship and financial problems, conflicts at work, legal concerns, stress management, depression, anxiety, alcohol and drug abuse, personal decision making, community referrals, etc.

Home Ownership Program

The Home Ownership Program with EBGI (Enhanced Benefits Group Inc.) is available to all PCC employees, prospective employees who want assistance with relocation, and even friends and family of PCC employees. See the Home Ownership Program website for more information.

CookWell Online Tutorials

CookWell is a seven-day tutorial designed to help individuals begin cooking and preparing healthy meals and snacks at home. Whether you’re on a budget, never cooked in your life, or limited on time, CookWell will help you to eliminate barriers and provided day-by-day steps to get started eating healthy at home.

Click Tutorials and To Register below for more information.

Tutorials

• Day 1: Introduction: How to eliminate barriers to cooking
• Day 2: In the Kitchen: Essential equipment and pantry items.
• Day 3: Planning Ahead: Recipes resources and meal planning
• Day 4: At the Grocery Store: Understanding food labels
• Day 5: Health Cooking Methods: Seven ways to prepare your meals
• Day 6: Food for Thought:The benefits of cooking
• Day 7: Time to Starting Cooking:How to get started on your meal plan.

To Register

1. Go to www.wellcall.com
2. Go to “Log-In” and select “Click Here to Register” if this is your first visit, or enter your username and password if you are returning
3. Enter the company password (call ext. 5863 for the password) if you are registering for the first time, and select a username and password
4. Read the Privacy Statement and press “continue”
5. Under Wellness Services (left side bar), click “CookWell Resource”
6. Read the privacy statement and press continue
7. Fill out New Member Registration

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Services

• Telephone or in-person visits for intake, assessment & referral to community resources
• Up to five visits per unrelated incident
• Flexible scheduling
• Crisis services: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Childcare referrals: Infant to college-age information and resources for childcare, education, parenting, and adoption information.
• Eldercare referrals: Finding solutions to the aging needs of our parents and ourselves such as housing, alternative living, home health, community services, legal concerns and medical issues.
• Financial: A no cost telephone consultation with a network financial counselor (up to three per year). Additional time will be billed at a preferred discount rate of 25% off the provider's normal fees.
• Legal: One initial thirty-minute office or telephone consultation per separate legal matter (up to three per year) at no cost with a network attorney. Additional time will be billed at a preferred discount rate of 25% off the attorney’s normal fees.
• Listening library: A series of recorded informational messages that cover a variety of topics that affect our lives. Call for a list of topics.
• Concierge: Information and resource service for today's busy people. Whether it is the season playbill at a local Shakespeare festival or dog obedience training we will find those resources for our callers.