Over 30 years ago, a group of Central Virginia business leaders with The Babcock & Wilcox Companies leveraged their good business sense and genuine compassion to help their employee population by forming an organization that would reach out to workers to help them in resolving personal and professional struggles that encumbered their workplace performance and productivity. Employee Assistance of Central Virginia, Inc. (EACV) was established in 1977, and incorporated in Virginia as a nonprofit organization in 1979.

Started by Central Virginia employers for Central Virginia employers, EACV has remained true to the focus of serving the needs of Region 2000 business. However, as one of our customers declared, we are “always seeking new and innovative ways to service the constantly changing workplace.”  EACV has strived to remain loyal to Central Virginia business and has resolved to hold fast to the core technology of the EAP field, while cultivating an open posture to emerging business trends and opportunities. Customer requests for training and organizational development expertise led to the establishment an associated division known as PeopleWorks in 2002. Likewise, to more fully meet the needs of our organizational customers with divisional locations outside of the immediate geographic area, the All Points EAP division was launched in 2003 to provide face-to-face employee assistance services to remote site employees nationally.

EACV has grown from serving one organization at the time of its inception in 1977 to providing consultation services to approximately 120 companies in 2010.  Companies report that EACV helps retain, support, and develop employees, their most valuable assets, which concurrently assists in containing costs, maximizing human performance, and boosting organizational productivity and profitability.

• EAP Association: Definition of Core Technology EAP