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We're all equal. Dr. Fleming has been the director of the program since its inception. Considered innovative in 1979, the program is now mainstream, providing services to MIT employees and their families, primarily for problems related to alcoholism, drug abuse, marital and family situations, and the challenges of caring for aging parents. The types of personal problems faced by employees have remained fairly constant over the last 20 years, although additional demands have arisen in recent years generated by the Institute's need to help manage some of the impact of layoffs and reengineering. The IPAP, part of the Medical Department, is available to employees on the MIT campus and at Lincoln Laboratory and the Whitehead Institute as well as their immediate families.