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Belafon9/09/2019 10:51:07 am PDT

federalnewsnetwork.com

Programs that provide a wide range of benefits to Defense Department’s civilian workforce were suddenly suspended last week, leaving hundreds of thousands of employees without access to services like mental health counseling and various forms of financial assistance.

Up until Sept. 1, the Department of Health and Human Services’ office of Federal Occupational Health (FOH) provided the Employee Assistance Program and a separate program, Wellness and Health Promotion to DoD’s more than 700,000 civilian workers via an interagency agreement. But those services ended, apparently without warning, during the Labor Day weekend.

The Defense Logistics Agency posted a similar message on its website: “Certain Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services provided by Federal Occupational Health (FOH) were unexpectedly suspended as of 9/1/2019 while DoD is implementing new contracting mechanisms. DoD is working to rectify the situation and allow EAP services to resume as soon as possible. If this is a medical emergency, please call 911 or your health care service provider.”

They’re required by law to offer those .