St. Paul, Minn. July 12, 2007 -- The Sand Creek Group today announced its acquisition of WellStaff EAP of Children's Home Society & Family Services. WellStaff will retain its name and operate under WellStaff EAP, a division of The Sand Creek Group.

In making this announcement, Sand Creek Group President and CEO, Gretchen Stein stated, "Clients of WellStaff EAP of The Sand Creek Group will immediately benefit from service enhancements, including an increase in staff and locations to serve corporate clients and their employees who seek assistance with work/life balance issues, an expanded catalog of workplace trainings, increased capacity for management consultations and more robust online wellness resources. Providing effective and cost-efficient employee and family assistance services is our only business focus and we are enthusiastic about bringing WellStaff EAP under our corporate umbrella."

"The EAP environment has changed with increasing competition from large health care providers. We wanted to assure that the companies and employees we serve continued to receive highly personalized quality services to help them reduce health care costs and losses due to absenteeism, terminations and low productivity," stated Madonna King, President and CEO of Children's Home Society & Family Services. "In The Sand Creek Group we were fortunate to find a local provider with a similar philosophy of service. Their expanded network and enhanced services will provide even more options for companies and their employees while still retaining the personalized touch that we believe is critical to quality EAP services. This is a true win-win for our clients."

About The Sand Creek Group
With headquarters in Stillwater Minnesota, The Sand Creek Group serves many high profile national employers including Major League Baseball and The Executive Office of the President of the United States. Regional customers include Minnesota Counties Insurance Trust, Minnesota Dental Association, Starkey Laboratories and the Toro Company. Founded in 1994, The Sand Creek Group provides a full range of counseling, consulting and training services to help employees address their personal and work related problems so that they can stay productive. The Sand Creek Group maintains counseling locations in over 10,000 cities and towns throughout the United States, the Pacific Trust Territories and Europe. On the web at http://www.sandcreekeap.com or at 1-800-632-7643.

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