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Farm Assistance Program
What is the Farm Assistance Program?
The Farm Assistance Progam (FAP) is a service that provides confidential, professional counselling services to farmers, farm employees and their families. The program recognizes that some problems can affect home life and work performance. When this happens, help may be required in resolving these problems through the assistance of a trained professional counsellor. These counselors are trained to provide short term counselling or refer you to other professional services and resources in the community.
Who Qualifies?
Farmers and their immediate family qualify for this service. Farm employees may be eligible if they have Group Health Benefits provided by the farm.
What kind of problems does the FAP help resolve?
The FAP will help you deal with a wide range of problems that affect your personal well-being and work performance. These problems may include work or family pressures, job stress, alcohol or drug dependency, marital problems, children’s issues or other conflicts. The FAP counselors have a wide range of experience in a variety of problem areas including:
- stress and anxiety
- trauma/ critical incidents
- alcohol and drug misuse
- bereavement
- couple and marital
- depression
- elder care concerns
- family matters/ parenting concerns
- counselling with children and teens
- legal matters
- financial concerns
- learning disabilities
- grief counselling
- career counselling
- anger management
Is this service confidential?
Yes, your privacy is protected by strict confidentiality laws and regulations and by professional ethical standards for counsellors. The details of your discussions with the counsellor will not be released to anyone, including management, without your written consent, with the exceptions listed.*
* Certain exceptions apply when information must be provided to others, whether or not consent is given such as when a person appears to pose a threat of serious injury to themselves or others. Counsellors are also legally required to report suspicion of child abuse and to disclose information required by law.
How do I contact a FAP Counsellor?
The 1-800 number will get you in touch with a counsellor. You will then be contacted by an FAP counsellor in order to set up an appointment. FAP counselling hours are fl exible, therefore appointments will be made at the earliest convenience. We also offer bilingual counselling services.
Are there any costs for the FAP services?
100% coverage - PEIFA members.
50% coverage - Non PEIFA members
General Contact Information
Summerside, PE
- Farm Assistance Program [PDF 978.80kb]
