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City of South Bend EAP Contract Page 8 Prepared on November 14, 2017, Amended January 17, 2018 entertainment, travel, pet services, home repair, moving and legal/financial/id recovery. Consultation of Department of Transportation (DOT) Substance Abuse Regulation. New Avenues can help the employer with several components of complying with the U.S. Department of Transportation requirements. The New Avenues staff can arrange training online or at the site with professionals who are experienced in training supervisors for DOT purposes including training on reasonable suspicion. We also can provide the human resource officer tar other Company representative with a list of Substance Abuse Professionals (known as "SAP's") who have a recognized certification of qualification to conduct assessments under DOT regulations. This list may be given to human resource representatives or other Company representatives to assist employees who have tested positive for DOT drug/alcohol testing and who then are responsible to pursue assessment and/or treatment under the DOT regulations prior to returning to work. Costs of treatment, educational programs, Intensive Outpatient Treatment Programs, and self-help community groups are typically at the employee's expense. It should be noted that New Avenues, as an employee assistance program, cannot conduct the DOT assessment, perform the monitoring duties, or be the intermediary between the employer and the SAP. DOT regulations stipulate that the assessment and monitoring of compliance, as well as advisement of readiness to return to work must come directly from the SAP to the employer. DOT consultation to the employer (as described above) is at no charge. DOT training for supervisors will be billed at the workshop level dependent on the speaker's fees. V. Communications Program In order to promote and further educate your employees about EAP services, New Avenues provides the following: •:� EAP educational posters will be supplied monthly for display in all employee common areas to keep the program in view. ❖ We will provide wellness articles for your newsletter or inserts for mailing to promote the program through our quarterly electronic newsletter. ❖ We have an extensive list of possible workshops for employees and managers that we can provide for an additional fee. •+e New Avenues wallet cards and introductory EAP brochures customized with your logo. ❖ Electronic Employee Newsletter •:* EAP Introductory letter New Avenues