Farmer Assistance Program
What is the Farmer Assistance Program
The Farmer Assistance Program (FAP) is a service that provides confidential, professional counseling services to farmers 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. The counsellors are trained to provide short term counselling or refer individuals to other professional services and resources in the community.
The FAP counsellors have a wide variety of experience in a range of problem areas, including:
- Stress and Anxiety
- Trauma/Critical Incidents
- Alcohol and drug misuse
- Bereavement
- Couple and Marital counseling
- Depression
- Eldercare concerns
- Family matters/parenting concerns
- Legal issues
- Learning disabilities
- Grief counselling
- Job conflict
- Career counseling
- Anger Management
- Counseling with children and teens
This program will provide a range of services for farmers and their families:
- Individual and family assessment
- Counselling and referrals as warranted
- Wellness sessions
- Consultation and support services
A farmer is an individual, partnership, cooperative or other association of persons engaged in the production of crops, livestock or other eligible commodities intended for commercial sale.
For more information visit the Prince Edward Island Federation of Agriculture