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Essential Workers First
About us
Peer support built for frontline workers
Someone should check on the people who kept everything open. Essential Workers First offers confidential, peer-driven mental health and wellness support to essential workers and their families. From grocery aisles to power lines, we connect workers with trained peers who understand the shifts, the pressure and the people who depend on them.
CONFIDENTIAL · PEER-LED · FREE TO TALK
Why we exist
You kept working. Most people never asked how you were.
Essential work does not stop for bad weeks. Short staffing, mandatory overtime, night routes and rude customers add up, and most workplaces have nowhere to put it. We built EWF so there is always someone to talk to who already understands the job.
What we believe
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Talking to someone who has done the work lands differently.
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Support should fit around shifts, not office hours.
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What you say stays confidential.
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Families carry the schedule too, so they get support as well.
How it works
How peer counseling with EWF works
Reach out
Call the 24/7 line or join a live session. No referral, no paperwork.
Talk to a peer
A trained peer who knows your kind of work listens without judgment.
Make a plan
Together you pick next steps: a session, a toolkit, a course or a referral.
Stay connected
Come back any time. Follow-up check-ins are there if you want them.
WHO WE SERVE
Eight groups, one promise
Healthcare support
Grocery and retail
Transport and logistics
Utilities and energy
Sanitation and public works
Childcare and education
Agriculture and food
