Employee Assistance Program

Collin College provides confidential and voluntary assistance through its Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to full-time employees and their household members who may be faced with a variety of personal and work-related challenges such as:

  • Stress, anxiety, depression
  • Marital, family, parenting, adolescent issues
  • Financial Planning, budgeting, retirement planning
  • Childcare arrangements during school holiday breaks
  • Plannings for the holidays/coping with holiday stress/anxiety
  • Symptoms associated with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
  • Locating child care, elder care, caterers, contractors, pet care

 

We encourage you to take advantage of this valuable benefit, available 24/7. 

 

Your Employee Assistance Program brings you eight (8) sessions per service type per year for full-time employees and their household members. 

 

When on their page: click on MEMBER LOGIN and enter the Username & Password. Our Username & Password is collin. All lower case; username and password are case sensitive.

 

Ride Reimbursement Program - receipts must be submitted within 60 days from the date of service.

 

  • For an overview of what your EAP can provide, please click here for a brief 15-minute video.

EAP Services

To access the EAP, you can call them at (866) 327-2400, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or you can log into their website and click on "Member Login" on the menu on the top of the page. When on their page, enter the Username & Password. Our Username & Password is collin. All lower case; username and password are case sensitive. 
  • Counselors are available to meet with employees or family members to assess a problem and develop a plan for resolution.
  • Counselors may suggest a referral to an outside resource that would be appropriate to assist in resolving the problem or situation.
  • Counselors will make every effort to coordinate referrals for ongoing treatment with the employee's health insurance coverage as well as with his/her ability to pay.
  • There is no charge for employees and household members to use EAP services.

 

Absence Reporting

Employees seeking services during working hours will submit their absence request for time off in Workday.  Employees can utilize any available time off such as sick leave, personal leave, and vacation leave (if applicable). 

 

Online Resources

You can access EAP online resources, newsletters and work/life balance resource videos.

Topics include parenting, aging, personal balance, thriving (health tools, healthy eating, healthy recipes), working, living, even international information.  

You can also find information specific to infant and toddler health, children's health, women's health, men's health, and senior health.

The Working section offers great resources from an employment perspective on career development, career transition, training & development, workplace productivity and workplace safety.

You can also find newsletters on various topics for both employees and supervisors. 

 

Savings Center

Deer Oaks also has a savings center where you can find discounts through their Perks At Work program. You will be asked to create a login through the Perks at Work website.

For this benefit, you will need to use your Collin email, but can add a personal email when you complete your profile.

Discounts are offered for items through Dell, Inc., Apple... on Movie tickets at up to 30% off! Employee pricing offers are available through Lenovo, Hertz, HP, FTD, Priceline.com, and more.

 

**Please keep in mind, Collin College cannot request information from the EAP without an individual's consent.**

 

For questions, contact your Benefits Team at (972) 599 - 3152 or benefits@collin.edu.

 

Benefits Links

Medical Benefits
Dental Benefits

Benefits Homepage

HR Homepage

 

MichelleMichelle Benvie
Assistant Director, Benefits and Compensation
(972) 599-3164
mbenvie@collin.edu


Benefits Team

Main Line: (972) 599-3152
benefits@collin.edu

TaraTara Rice
HR Generalist, Benefits
(972) 758-3849
Fax (972) 599-3156
tcrice@collin.edu

MiliMili Kim
HR Specialist, Benefits
(972) 758-3886
Fax (972) 599-3156
mkim@collin.edu

VinnaVinna Cook
HR Generalist, Benefits (Part-time)
(972) 599-3152
Fax (972) 599-3156
vcook@collin.edu