 
MEA Cares ... Providing Private Counseling and Employee Assistance Programs
MEA Cares is a comprehensive program offering workplace training and education, a confidential employee assistance line, assessments, outpatient counseling and referral for employees and their immediate dependents. Today's personal problems are identified and resolved in a confidential, professional manner.
Who benefits from an Employee Assistance Program?
- An EAP is a direct benefit to employees much like a health benefit. The focus of MEA Cares is to assist employees in achieving balance by resolving personal and family problems.
- An EAP is a Management Tool. Through training and education, managers are equipped to identify employees' personal problems affecting job performance. MEA Cares gives Supervisors a confidential and professional resource for the referral of employees.
- Employees, their spouses and their children living at home or attending college full-time may access MEA Cares.
What problems are addressed by an EAP?
PERSONAL PROBLEMS
- Stress
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Grief or loss
- Anger
- Substance abuse
FAMILY PROBLEMS
- Marital Issues
- Communication
- Times of Transition
- Parenting Issues
- Co-Dependence
- Pre-Adolescence and Adolescence
How do we access the EAP?
- SELF-REFERRAL
MEA Cares can be accessed by an employee or a family member directly without the knowledge of the employer. They simply call the Employee Assistance Line, (800) 844-6503, and all calls will be handled confidentially.
- MANAGEMENT REFERRALS
When a supervisor is concerned about an employee, he or she may contact MEA Cares by calling the Employee Assistance Line, (800) 844-6503. It will be the employee's decision to follow through with the referral. No information will be released to the supervisors unless the employee signs an MEA Cares Release of Information form.
Is this EAP a confidential Program?
All employee and supervisor calls are confidential. MEA Cares does not report calls, assessment results or outpatient sessions to company officials unless a release is signed by the employee. Billing is handled in a confidential manner and employee names are not divulged on invoices.
Employee Assistance Line (800) 844-6503
Private Counseling
MEA Cares is a service to individuals, couples and families seeking brief outpatient counseling for today's problems in a confidential setting. For a nominal fee, counseling is provided for children, adolescents, and adults by licensed professional counselors.
MEA Cares now offers two locations for counseling. One on Highland Colony Parkway in Ridgeland, MS and another off Lakeland Drive (in the same location at the Drug Testing Consortium office) at 7 Lakeland Circle, Suite 100-A, Jackson, MS.
MEA Cares provides help with eating disorders, stress, ADD, depression, grief or loss, anxiety, marital and many other personal issues.
For more information or to set up an appointment with a Counselor, call (601) 898-9091 or 1-800-844-6503.
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