Care.com

Backup Care for Children

Care.com provides subsidized emergency backup childcare when your regular care arrangement is interrupted due to a work-related obligation.

When your regular care is unavailable, you have access to in-home or in-center vetted and subsidized care. All caregivers and centers in the network are vetted and required to meet health and safety guidelines and in-depth screening criteria. Use Backup Care when:

• School, child care centers, or camps are closed
• You are working from home and need someone to watch the kids or help with  distance learning
• Your babysitter or nanny is sick or on vacation

Backup Care for Adults

In-home Backup Adult Care services are non-medical and may include companionship, preparing meals, light housekeeping, prompting for medication, socialization, accompanying a patient to a doctor’s appointment, and assistance with the activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, and ambulation. Eligible Individuals can use In-home Backup Adult Care for themselves, their parents, grandparents, in-laws, spouse/partner, adult children, or any adult dependent needing temporary care.

Backup Care: Annual Limits

Emergency backup care is limited to 10 days per employee per year. That is 10 days total across child, adult, and pet care, not 10 days for each type of care.

Care.com Premium Membership

You will receive access to Care.com at no additional charge. On Care.com, you can find, manage and pay for care, whether that’s for a full-time nanny, tutor, part-time babysitter, pod teacher, pet sitter, adult or senior care provider, special needs caregiver, errand runner, housekeeper, tutor, and more.

Personal Network Backup Care

When your regular care is unavailable, the Personal Network allows employees to use one of their go-to caregivers or centers and get reimbursed for a portion of the cost. This is especially helpful if your school or childcare center is closed and one of your go-to caregivers is available.

LifeCare Family

LifeCare Family provides 24/7 access to online content, resources, and trained Care Specialists who can support you in managing many of life’s challenges, big or small. Support areas include:

• Parenting and child care
• Senior care
• Education
• House and Home
• Pet care

On-Demand Tutoring and Homework Support

LifeCare offers on-demand tutoring support and individualized homework help for children in grades K-12. Subject areas include:

• English
• Math
• Science
• Reading
• Writing
• Plus SAT and ACT test preparation

For more information, please visit our Care.com article on the Lift. Note: this article is only accessible by employees only. To contact Care.com, call (866) 814-1638.