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Important health care benefits update

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CPS Health Insurance Open Enrollment Oct. 25–Nov. 5

WEBDear Colleagues, Open enrollment is officially underway! Please use this time to review your existing coverage and make any desired changes by 6 p.m. CT on …

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Fall 2021 COVID-Related FAQ

WEBGet answers to Fall 2021’s most frequently asked questions about COVID safety, benefit days, quarantines, clinician spaces, evaluations and more.

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Students need physical and mental health care during a pandemic

WEBCHICAGO, July 22, 2021 — Chicago Teachers Union statement regarding Chicago Public Schools’ health and safety updates for the 2021-2022 school year:. Chicago Public …

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AJC §5: Our Students Deserve Better Access to Whole Health Care

WEBHealth care is less available (Kirby & Kaneda, 2005; Williams & Collins, 2001) and health outcomes are worse in low income neighborhoods of color. From 1990 to 2010 average …

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ADA Accommodations Chart

WEBIf someone else in your household has a health condition that poses increased risk for severe illness due to COVID-19 If you yourself have a health condition …

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More end-of-year good news about changes to your benefits

WEBLast year, state law was amended to provide for up to five (5) additional paid public health emergency (PHE) sick days for educators who contract Covid. That …

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New rules to healthcare leaves and updates on pay, telehealth and …

WEBThese medical services are now available 24/7/365, and behavioral health services will be available 24/7/365 effective April 1, 2020. For assistance with dealing …

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CPS Wellness Plan: What You Need To Know

WEBThe Chicago Lives Healthy Wellness Program is a comprehensive new wellness program for all employees and their spouses/domestic partners that are …

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UPDATE: Telehealth now includes behavioral/mental health …

WEBOur original agreement with telehealth included standard medical needs that did not include behavioral/mental health. Starting April 1, 2020, behavioral/mental …

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Health Care Benefits Archives

WEBFile under: coronavirus, COVID-19, Health, Health Care Benefits, Mental Health, Telehealth. Teachers have been using this week to work with their principal on a …

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Healthcare webinar answers important questions, elicits a serious …

WEBCompare CPS health plans with other city workers, such as police and firefighters. CPS will share home birth language/access to services from the health …

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Insurance Open Enrollment runs November 2 through 13

WEBHealth Savings Account (HSA) An HSA permits you to save money specifically to pay for health care expenses. You own and control the money in your …

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Nursing Services at CPS

WEBNursing Services at CPSThe Outsourcing Epidemic: On the Verge of a Health Crisis. Promoted as a cost-savings move, the Chicago Public Schools …

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FAQ: Paid COVID Administrative Leave

WEBFAQ: Paid COVID Administrative Leave. HB 1167, the bill to create paid COVID administrative leave for educators, became law with Governor JB Pritzker’s …

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Health care issues

WEBAs CTU delegate, organizer and now health and benefits field rep, Murray believes helping our members ultimately helps our students. If you ask Field Rep …

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South Side residents need assurances of access to emergency …

WEBProvident Hospital frontline workers and patients deserve solidarity, assurances that care for working class South Side Black families will improve rather than …

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CPS nursing shortage causing pain for schools and their students

WEBIf our city cared about the health of its students, every school would have a full-time nurse and this would significantly improve the school’s education environment. Already busy …

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Chicago’s Trauma and Lack of Trauma Centers

WEBThe University of Chicago closed the only adult level-one trauma center on the South Side of the city 27 years ago and is finally considering reopening it, after years …

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COVID Leaves of Absence Update

WEBMembers that cannot attend school or teach remote learning due to lack of available child care can get a 12-week leave through the Public Health Emergency …

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Student Voice Committees: a powerful vehicle for school …

WEBMental Health Advocacy: Students have spent a lot of time talking in the committee about the stresses produced or exacerbated by the pandemic: racism, social and emotional …

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