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2023

Fall

  • Choice Matters | 2024 Open Enrollment
  • Maximize Your Budget by Using Your FSA!
  • Short Term Disability and Universal Life Insurance
  • MetLife Group Term Life Insurance
  • Sign up for the Cook County Deferred Compensation Plan
  • W-2 Delivery Election Period
  • National Depression and Mental Health Awareness Month
  • Cook County Gives
  • Forest Preserves of Cook County Fall Events

Summer

  • Discover About Loneliness and Mental Health
  • Building Financial Literacy
  • Keep Your Legal Rights and Identity Protected
  • Designate Your Beneficiary Today
  • Don't Forget These FSA Eligible Items
  • Oral Health and Your Overall Well-being
  • Wellness in the Woods
  • Cook County Health Fairs

Spring

  • More ways to Use Your FSA
  • Know Where to Go to Save Money and Time!
  • Provide Yourself an Additional Layer of Financial Protection
  • Make the Most of your Guardian Dental Plan
  • How Guardian Dental Pre-determination Works
  • Information on Tax Forms 1095-C & 1095-B
  • Deferred Compensation Update: Same Plan – Only Better!
  • Financial Wellness Checklist: Have you done the following?
  • Spring Bike Rides!

Winter

  • Employees to Receive New Health Insurance IDs
  • Outdoor Winter Activities for Kids & Adults
  • Pay Less for Care at Cook County Health Facilities!
  • Get Care Coordinated by Your PCP to Save Money
  • Holiday Health Recommendations from the CDC
  • 2023 Commuter Benefits Tax Limit Increased
  • FSA Reminder: Use It, Don’t Lose It!
  • New Voluntary Benefits Enrollments
  • 2023 Wellness Calendar
  • Happy Holidays from Benefits Connect!

2022

Fall

  • Pick.Click.Enroll. Open Enrollment Begins October 11
  • Dependent Care FSA
  • Davis Collection/Financial Strategies
  • Charitable Giving/Flu Shots
  • Children & School Stress
  • Parental Pressures
  • Voluntary Benefits
  • Life Insurance Services
  • Happy Fall!

Summer

  • June is PTSD Awareness Month: Resources to Help
  • FSA Reimbursement & Practice Sun Safety
  • Beach Safety
  • Let's Get Outside
  • Emotional Investing
  • Chicago Farmers' Markets
  • Health Literacy
  • Life Insurance Beneficiaries
  • Summer Vibes

Spring

  • Flexible Spending Accounts: Spend Balances by March 15
  • Over-the-counter COVID-19 Test
  • Commuter Benefits & Tax Forms
  • Allergies vs. Cold vs. Covid
  • Resources to Manage Stress
  • Protect Yourself Online
  • Health Fairs for 2022
  • Supplemental Insurance
  • Hello Spring

Winter

  • FSA Reminder: Use it, Don't Lose it!
  • Domestic Tier PPO Benefits
  • Deferred Compensation Limit Increase & Commuter Benefits
  • New CVS Diabetes Program & Prepare for Flu Season
  • No Cost Vaccines
  • 2022 Wellness Calendar
  • Happy Holidays!

2021

Fall

  • Choose Well! Open Enrollment Begins October 1
  • Make Benefits Changes
  • Flu Shots Available
  • United Way Campaign Kick-off
  • Voluntary Benefits
  • Deferred Compensation
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Rethinking Money Habits
  • Back to School Funds
  • National Awareness Calendar

Summer

  • Practice Safe Sun Protection
  • Update Beneficiary Information
  • Protect Your Legal Rights, Identity and Online Privacy
  • Digital Eye Strain
  • Dental Health Affects Your Overall Health
  • Report: 90% of Adults Struggle with Health Literacy
  • Small Investments Can Earn You a Big Retirement

 

Spring

  • Enhance Your Current Coverage
  • COVID-19 Vaccinations
  • Protect Your Family From COVID-19
  • Deferred Compensation
  • Important Reminders: Health Care FSA Deadlines/Virtual Health Fairs
  • Unemployment Insurance Identity Theft
  • Good Dental Health
  • Vision Eye Exams

Winter

  • Update your Beneficiaries
  • The Employee Assistance Program Can Help
  • Preventing the Flu is More Important than Ever
  • Cook County Retirement Plan Monthly Workshop Series
  • 457 Deferred Compensation Plan
  • MetLife Annual Enrollment
  • 2021 Wellness Calendar
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Understanding Key Health Insurance Terms