Additional Benefits
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Employee Assistance Program: Canopy
Canopy’s free and confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers a benefit that can assist you and your eligible family members with any personal problems, large or small. Among the topics covered are:
- Personal consultations and mental health counseling
- Resources for life
- Legal consultations
- Financial coaching
- Identity theft
- Home ownership program
- Life coaching
- Pet parent resources
- Well-being tools
- Work/life balance resources and support
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Employee Assistance Program: Unum
Unum’s Employee Assistance Program is designed to help you live a happier and more productive life by offering access to free and confidential counseling services. With it, you have access to Licensed Professional Counselors to assist with issues ranging from stress and depression to relationship and work conflicts, family and parenting problems, and anger, grief and loss.
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Travel Assistance
Whenever you travel 100 miles or more from home – to another country or just another city – be sure to “pack” your worldwide emergency travel assistance phone number.
Travel assistance speaks your language, helping you locate hospitals, embassies and other “unexpected” travel destinations. Add the number to your cell phone contacts so it’s always close at hand. Just one phone call connects you and your family to medical and other important services 24 hours a day.
- through Unum
- for Providence members
Long-Term Care Insurance
Long-term care refers to a range of services and support for people who have a chronic illness or disability, or who need help with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing and eating.
Long-term care can be provided at home, in the community, or in a variety of settings such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, or adult day care centers. The type and amount of long-term care that a person needs can vary depending on their individual circumstances and can change over time.
MasterCare America is our provider for long-term care insurance. You can get a quote and during open enrollment (Oct. 15-Nov. 1).
Long-Term Care Insurance Contact Info
Medicare Resources
As you approach Medicare eligibility you will probably receive notices and advertisements from various carriers that either want you to sign up or make it sound like you've been signed up automatically. The penalty they are referring to is in relation to having no coverage, so it won't apply to you if you have medical coverage through Â鶹´«Ã½ Fox University.
There are several choices you have for health coverage when you turn 65. You have the option of signing up for Medicare and/or keeping your employer plan as long as you are still working and benefit eligible. Your active employer insurance will be the primary coverage if you choose to have both Medicare and employer coverage.
Hare are some helpful informational resources:
- Medicare Part D Notice-Disclosures:
- Regence Medicare Step-By-Step Guide to your benefits, choices and next steps
- Additional
- For Medicare information and news, go to
- Providence Medicare: Contact Jasmyn Sprague at (360) 909-6699
The Office of People & Culture completes a form for our retiring employees showing they have had creditable coverage after becoming Medicare eligible, so they won’t be penalized when they sign up at retirement.
If you do sign up for a medical and prescription plan through Medicare, you have 30 days from the effective date of that coverage to drop your Â鶹´«Ã½ Fox-provided coverage, if you wish to.
Social Security is another piece you may get marketing materials about. When you get close to retirement, you will want to consult with the Social Security office for advice on when to start applications and the timing of when to begin collecting on the benefits, as they are very strict about annual income limits.
Medicare FAQ
Employee Discounts
We offer employee discounts at a number of local businesses, as well as access to publications that typically require a subscription.
- Bruin Discounts: Businesses near the Newberg campus that offer discounts to Â鶹´«Ã½ Fox employees and/or students
- that offer discounts to Â鶹´«Ã½ Fox employees
- Free institutional subscriptions to the and
Campus Resources
Hadlock Student Center
Hadlock Student Center facilities are available for use by employees, spouses and dependent children. The center offers free programs and services, including a fitness center, a climbing wall, a rental center, group fitness and intramurals. See the Hadlock Student Center program and services webpage for more details.
University employees have access to the center using their ID card during posted hours of operation. Read the Employee Handbook for more information. If you have a question about your individual status, please call the HSC front desk at 503-554-3333.
A number of employee-only group fitness classes are available in the Hadlock Student Center. For more information on class offerings and to sign up, visit Hadlock’s website or email the group fitness coordinator at groupfitness@georgefox.edu.
Chehalem Aquatic Center Pool and Gym
The Chehalem Parks and Recreation District Aquatic Center pool facilities are free to all Â鶹´«Ã½ Fox employees. To get your pool access, use your active Â鶹´«Ã½ Fox ID card to register and get a Chehalem Parks ID card.
Lessons and passes for family members will not be included in this free employee benefit, but can be purchased separately. for additional information, such as schedules.
Chapel
The Prayer Chapel is available to employees and can be accessed using their own employee ID. You are also invited to join our students in weekly chapel services in Bauman Auditorium.
Drama and Music Productions
Each employee is provided one complimentary ticket to every Â鶹´«Ã½ Fox drama and musical production.
Athletic Events
By showing your Â鶹´«Ã½ Fox employee ID, you gain free admission to regular-season home athletic events for you, your spouse and your dependent children. Single employees may bring one guest.
Food Purchases and Meal Cards
Employees have many options for purchasing food on campus, including:
- ($80 for 10 meals) with Bon Appetit for breakfast, lunch, dinner or brunch
- available to preorder five days in advance
- GET Mobile Reward Program
Spend $100 using points (purchased through the GET Mobile app) credit card or debit card, and receive a $10 credit
- GET Mobile Reward Program
- Bridge Café and Canyon Commons
Library Access
Â鶹´«Ã½ Fox University library facilities and services are available to all employees. Employees can check out materials from both the Newberg and Portland campus libraries by showing their employee ID or requesting a checkout on the library’s website.
Mail Services
At Mail Services you can utilize outgoing mail and package services, stamp purchases, packing and shipping supply purchases (including envelopes, boxes, tape, and labels), and reference information for postal requirements and ZIP code information.