COMMANDANT
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
2100 2ND ST SW STOP 7902
WASHINGTON DC 20593-7902
Staff Symbol: CG-1112
Phone: (202) 475-5161
Fax: (202) 475-5907
COMDTINST 1740.7B
2 SEP 2011
COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION 1740.7B
Subj: EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP)
Ref: (a) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Management Directive (MD) 254-02,
Employee Assistance Program
(b) Drug and Alcohol-Free Departmental Workplace, DOT ORDER 3910.1C
(c) Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), COMDTINST 1754.3 (series)
(d) Legal Assistance Program, COMDTINST 5801.4 (series)
(e) Personnel Manual, COMDTINST M1000.6 (series)
(f) Workplace Violence and Threatening Behavior, COMDTINST 5370.1 (series)
(g) Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) Certification, Appointment &
Responsibilities, DHS MD 0780.1
1. PURPOSE. This Instruction establishes the Coast Guard’s EAP per reference (a), and prescribes
associated policy, procedures and responsibilities.
2. ACTION. All Coast Guard unit commanders, commanding officers, officers-in-charge, deputy
commandants, and chiefs of headquarters staff elements shall comply with the provisions of this
Instruction. Internet release is authorized.
3. DIRECTIVES AFFECTED. Coast Guard Employee Assistance Program, COMDTINST 1740.7A,
dated October 21, 1997, is cancelled.
4. APPLICATION. This Instruction applies to all full-time appropriated civilian, and non-appropriated
fund employees and their families and Coast Guard members on active duty and their family
members. It also applies to U.S. Navy Chaplains and U.S. Public Health Service Officers and their
family members while serving with the Coast Guard. To a lesser extent it applies to Coast Guard
Reserve members. Reservists on active duty 30 days or less and their dependents are eligible for
crisis phone counseling with a licensed mental health provider. This benefit includes phone
counseling for Reservists on inactive duty (weekend drill). Reservists on active duty receive the
same EAP benefits as all other active duty personnel beginning on the 31
st
day of active duty.
Reservists called to active duty for a period of greater than 30 days in support of a contingency
operation are eligible for full EAP services from the date of notification of orders.
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