1) Employee Assistance Program: eligible employees and their families can make use of this benefit.

2)  Childcare Voucher Assistance: the trust is contributing $45,000 this year to provide additional childcare vouchers specifically earmarked for eligible graduate employees offered through GSS's application process. The deadline for GSS Fall 2008 childcare voucher applications is September 21, 2009.

3)  Subsidized Childcare Slots for those with qualifying incomes whose children attend University child care, there are free slots in the Flex-Care Classroom, paid for by the Health & Welfare Trust Fund.

 4) Breast-Feeding Room in Student Union: the Health & Welfare Trust Fund has purchased a breast feeding glider chair for the breast feeding space operated by the Office of Family Resources (OFR), Rm. 428 Student Union Building. We'd like to encourage graduate student mothers to use the new space!