Benefits
Caltech offers you the following health care benefits:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Medical Evacuation and Repatriation (MER) Plan
If you are a current benefits-eligible faculty member, staff member, or postdoctoral scholar, find details at the MyBenefits website (Use your Access.Caltech username and password). At MyBenefits, you can also elect your benefits as a new hire, update your elections during the fall Open Enrollment period, or update your elections within 31 days of a qualified life event (such as marriage, birth, or loss of other coverage).
Are you thinking about joining Caltech? See below for a summary of benefits offered to Caltech faculty, staff, and postdoctoral scholars.
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2022 Retiree Open Enrollment 11/1-11/15
Our retirees are an important part of the Caltech legacy. For that reason, we strive to provide our current and future retirees a sustainable, viable, and quality program of health care benefits.
If you are eligible for the Institute's retiree health benefits, Caltech helps you pay for medical, dental and vision coverage for yourself and your eligible spouse or domestic partner. You can choose from a range of Institute-sponsored medical insurance options, including HMO plans through Aetna and Kaiser and PPO plans through Aetna.
Call the Caltech Retiree Service Center to help you review your options and choose the plan that's right for you. The Caltech Retiree Service Center advisors are an extension of the Caltech & JPL Benefits offices.
Please feel free to contact them with your questions at 1-855-251-0910 (TTY: 711)
Visit www.caltechretireebenefits.com to learn more.
Each fall, you will receive information about any changes to your retiree benefits and costs for the following year. You can update your elections during the Open Enrollment period.
Backup Childcare through Care.com
Care.com provides Caltech Non-Visiting Faculty, Benefits Eligible Staff, Postdocs, and Graduate Students access to the largest online community for backup childcare which is subsidized by Caltech. You will also have access to additional unsubsidized caregivers for adults, pets, and your home with the free Care.com membership.
Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP)
Caltech recognizes that childcare costs impose a financial burden on many members of the community. The Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) allows eligible applicants to receive up to $5,000 per year to help defray childcare provider costs. Awards are available to eligible faculty, postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, and campus staff with dependent children ages 10 and under.
COBRA
COBRA, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, lets you (or your covered dependents) continue Caltech health care coverage that might otherwise end due to a life event (such as leaving Caltech or divorce). COBRA is available for medical, dental, vision, and the health care spending account. Your cost for COBRA coverage is 100% of the full group rate plus an additional 2% administrative fee. WageWorks is Caltech's COBRA administrator. If you have questions about COBRA, please call WageWorks at (844) 319-7858.
Other Benefits
Log in to the MyBenefits website for information about the following additional benefits.