Resources for Employers

Establishing a healthy and supportive workplace is important for employees at all levels. Below are resources to help you implement workplace policies that benefit both the employer and the employee.

Policies that Support a Healthy Workforce

Substance use is a family, community and workplace issue. Businesses should equip their employees with resources to succeed, including providing and educating them with an effective Employee Assistance Program, or EAP.

EAPs have the ability to:

Improve employee retention
Reduce medical costs through early detection
Decrease absenteeism
Limit disruptions to the workplace

EAPs help employees with mental health and substance use issues and help manage stress. To find an effective policy for your organization, download the EAP Buyers Guide or contact TYSA for more information.

Opioid Safety Training

In the past few years on Staten Island, many lives have been claimed due to opioid overdoses. Opioid use disorder and overdose can happen to people of any age, race/ethnicity and income level. Due to this issue and the multiple overdoses that have happened in business and public restrooms, the TYSA coalition developed an initiative to assist retail establishments in taking safety precautions to protect their employees and customers.

This training session is focused on equipping business owners with knowledge of the opioid issue on Staten Island, provide tools to protect establishments including a lifesaving opioid reversal medication, and gives information on resources available to employees that may be struggling with substance use.

All who receive this free training will receive a toolkit with information on strategies to protect customers, signage for employee spaces on how to respond to an opioid emergency and posters to educate customers about overdose prevention and community resources. The seminar concludes with a naloxone (Narcan) training and all will receive a free kit with two doses of this life saving medication that they will be encouraged to store on site.

Contact TYSA to arrange a this free and important opioid safety training.

Responsible Beverage Server (RBS) Training

Educate restaurant, bar and store employees on effective tools to avoid selling alcohol to underage or intoxicated patrons. Reduce penalties violations and liability. This free training allows for the following:

Avoid State Liquor Authority (SLA) “stings” and fines
Reduce risk and liability from customers
Protect your bottom line by reducing penalties for alcohol violations
Help workers avoid serving alcohol to minors and intoxicated patrons
Learn to recognize situations in which adults are buying alcohol for underage youth

Contact TYSA to find out when this training will be offered next, or to schedule a new training for you and your employees.

About TYSA

The TYSA coalition is a data-driven collaboration aimed at leveraging the power of collective impact to improve behavioral health outcomes for Staten Island’s youth. Through the lens of equity and inclusion, this project seeks to drive major improvements in youth substance use and mental health prevention, treatment, and recovery on Staten Island. TYSA seeks to:

Engage diverse communities and constituencies, inclusive of lived experience, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability status and all of the other rich diversity on Staten Island
Achieve major gains, not minor improvements
Use clear metrics, at the youth, organization, and system-levels
Support the success of partner implementers
Align and improve efforts to achieve greater collective impact
Avoid reinventing the wheel or duplicating existing existing programs
Identify and address disparities
Identify root causes such as adverse childhood experiences, and support community level change
Create a culture of equity in systems and partnerships

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Mission & Vision

SIPCW seeks to create a healthier Staten Island by bringing together partner organizations and community members to address pressing wellness needs and give all Staten Islanders a chance to live their best lives. The focus of our efforts is in communities and populations with the greatest health inequities such as BIPOC and LGBTQ+ identifying.

Our vision is that our entire community has a shared understanding of the systemic conditions such as racism, classism, and heterosexism, contributing to wellness and the resources to ensure that all individuals and families have the knowledge and access to what they need to live their healthiest lives.

Recognizing the Indigenous History of SI

The Staten Island Partnership for Community Wellness is located on Munsee Lenape land. Native communities called present-day Staten Island Aquehonga Manacknong. The Lenape sold the land we now call Staten Island to European colonizers under duress in 1670. To learn more about this transaction, see Andrew Lipman’s article, “A Hard Bargain.” Today, roughly 300 Ramapough Lunaape tribal members live on Staten Island.

To learn more about land acknowledgement and the Indigenous lands where you reside, view this map of Native lands or text your zip code to 1-855-917-5263