Beyond the EAP: How EFR’s Community Programs Create Lasting Impact

About this episode

This episode explores EFR's community programs and their impact beyond the workplace, featuring insights from EFR leaders on restorative practices and grant-funded initiatives.

In this episode, our host Johanna Dunlevy is joined by EFR colleagues Tammy Hoyman, CEO and Haley Pederson Hundley, Substance Abuse Programs Director, for a deeper look at the heart of EFR’s mission-driven work. While many people are familiar with EFR through its Employee Assistance Program (EAP), this conversation shines a light on the wide range of community outreach and prevention programs that extend far beyond the workplace. Tammy and Haley discuss how grant-funded initiatives allow EFR to meet critical community needs, with a special focus on the Restorative Justice Program. They explore how restorative practices support accountability, healing, and connection, and offer an alternative to punitive justice. You’ll get an inside look at how EFR’s prevention and community-based programs (including our Student Assistance Program) work, why grant funding is essential, and how EFR’s mission-based approach helps create lasting, positive impact in the community. If you are in the Fifth Judicial District and/or in the Iowa counties of Polk, Warren, Jasper, or Marion, or willing to travel to the Polk County, Iowa area, you can reach EFR Diversion team, by phone at 515-471-2323 or by…

People in this episode

Host: Johanna Dunlevy

Guests: Tammy Hoyman, Haley Pederson Hundley

Topics covered

• Employee Assistance Program
• community outreach
• prevention programs
• Restorative Justice
• substance abuse
• grant funding

Keywords

• community needs
• accountability
• healing
• connection
• punitive justice
• Student Assistance Program

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Beyond the EAP

Places: the Fifth Judicial District, Iowa, Polk, Warren, Jasper, Marion, Polk County

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