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Employee Assistance Program

Frequently Asked Questions

The Hardship Fund is a program available to assist eligible faculty and staff who are experiencing a personal financial emergency and who have exhausted all other avenues for obtaining assistance. Learn more about the Hardship Fund here.

Please see the "Eligibility" section here.

Your application information is kept private through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and the Stony Brook Foundation. The review committee does not have access to your identifying information.

Through presidential, employee, and community donations to the Hardship Fund.

Please click here to learn how to donate.

Contact the EAP at 631-632-6085 and request an appointment.

Please click here to learn about how the application process works.

The form is available online or at the EAP office.

No, applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.

The maximum amount approved is up to $599.

The check(s) will be made out to a third party vendor for a bill or bills that you owe. This might be your mortgage company, landlord, electricity bill, etc.

If you are approved, you will receive a phone call from the EAP notifying you of approval.

Next you will receive a call from Stony Brook Foundation Office indicating that the check is ready to be picked up. The University disburses checks on Wednesday and Friday. You will need to show your ID at the Stony Brook Foundation office and sign for the check. You will then submit the check to the company to be paid.

The EAP Office can offer guidance with additional resources, Visit EAP website.