Johns Hopkins University offers a number of programs and resources designed to support you in all aspects of your life. You can enroll and access these benefits anytime throughout the year.
- The 403(b) retirement plan (TIAA) lets you set aside pretax or after-tax money for your future through convenient payroll deductions.
- Bargaining Unit Employees’ Retirement Pension Plan (Empower) that pays you a monthly income once you retire, based on your length of service with the university, your earnings and salary history while at JHU, and your age when you retire and begin receiving payments.
- Backup child and elder care is available for you to use when you need to work or study, while your children or elders need supervision, care, or assistance. Register and sign up to be ready when the need arises.
- MMA’s Prosper Wise is a digital financial planning platform that connects you with your own financial coach and tools to help you manage your financial well-being. You can discuss your employer retirement plan, general investment questions, Social Security, debt and budgeting, and employee benefits and insurance.
- Family and caregiving programs provide help finding care plus backup child and elder care services when your regular arrangements aren’t available. There are also services that help you find group care and babysitting, vouchers to help pay child care for children ages 0–5, and several child care partners with which JHU affiliates have preferred admission.
- The JHU Well-Being Program gives you access to resources to help with physical fitness, weight loss, stress management, and cancer support and care management.
- The Johns Hopkins Employee Assistance Program (JHEAP) provides practical, around-the-clock support and assistance to help you manage your daily life. You and members of your household can access up to six free confidential counseling sessions and referral services per year. Get help with home or work stress, emotional distress, a difficult life transition, or other challenges.
- Telehealth services offer a convenient way to get medical care for nonemergency needs. Kaiser HMO covers telehealth that is offered through your regular provider, and CareFirst members can access telehealth via MDLIVE at mdlive.com/cfa.
- Tuition grants and assistance help put the power of education within reach for you, your spouse or partner, or your dependent children. This includes GED, higher ed, and continuing ed programs for full-time JHU employees.