A Reminder About Your Child Care Offerings

Finding child care that's the right fit for you and your family can be a challenge any time. Add changing schedules, virtual learning, snow days and the constant flux of living in a pandemic to the mix, and ensuring you have the child care you need gets more complex.

Here are some child care options available through Your Carilion Rewards that may help you now and in the future.

HoneyTree Early Learning Center

Through our partnership with HoneyTree Early Learning Centers, we offer you access to quality and affordable child care by paying 25% of the weekly cost of care at any HoneyTree location.

HoneyTree offers:

• 12 locations throughout the Roanoke Valley and Christiansburg
• Hours from 6:15 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
• Infant and toddler care
• Full- and half-day preschool programs
• Before- and after-school programs serving more than 50 area schools
• Summer camp

New River Valley—Radford Early Learning Center 

Child care is available in the New River Valley through Radford Early Learning Center, where Carilion pays 25% of your weekly cost of tuition. 

Sick Child Care

As a Carilion employee, you have access to the Sick Room at the Riverwalk HoneyTree in Roanoke to help you care for your mildly ill child when you need to work. Carilion covers 100% of the cost, and you can use this benefit even if your child is not enrolled at HoneyTree for regular care.

It's a good idea to pre-register your child for the Sick Room, so you'll already be set up when you need to use sick care.

To pre-register:

• Read the Guidelines and complete the Registration Form before using the Sick Child Care room.

Using Your Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

If you enrolled or re-enrolled in the Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) during benefits open enrollment in November, be sure you're taking advantage of its benefits. These reminders can help:

• The Dependent Care FSA saves you money by allowing you to pay for eligible child or adult/elder care expenses with funds deducted from your paycheck before taxes are applied. Our FSA plan is administered by Optum Financial/Connect Your Care.
• Your Dependent Care FSA can be used for a variety of IRS approved expenses, such as daycare, preschool, before-school and after-school care. 
• As an added benefit, Carilion contributes $10 per pay period, up to an annual maximum of $260, to your Dependent Care FSA when you participate and contribute at least $10 per pay period.
• The maximum contribution to the Dependent Care FSA is $5,000, including the Carilion contribution. The $5,000 per year maximum also includes the amount of any subsidy that Carilion pays on your behalf if you use HoneyTree Early Learning Centers.
• If you have a Dependent Care FSA balance from 2021, the grace period has been extended through Dec. 31, 2022.

For more information, contact the HR Service Center at 800-599-2537 or email at hrservicecenter@carilionclinic.org.