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HR News & Announcements

New Resources for Staff Recognition and Well-being

  • Recognition Practices Finder: Search ideas for managers and staff for encouraging and thanking individuals or teams.
  •  Gratitude Wall: Extend gratitude to a colleague, team or group on the virtual gratitude wall.
  •  Well-being Practices: Access mindfulness, movement and social connectedness practices to integrate into meetings or do on your own.

Portable Caregiving Grant Now Open

Northwestern's Portable Caregiving Grant is for faculty, staff, and postdocs to help mitigate the financial and accessibility burdens caregivers face. This grant complements our center-based fee assistance program and may be used for care at centers outside our center partnerships as well as home daycare and in-home care for both children and adults/seniors. Learn more.

Home COVID Tests Covered by Health Plans

As of January 15, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that all insurance companies are required to cover the cost of over the counter, at home COVID-19 tests for diagnosis purposes. There is a limit of 8 tests per member per month during a rolling 30 day period. Learn more.

New Health Partner | Learn to Live

Learn to Live is a new Health Partner available to faculty and staff enrolled in Northwestern BCBSIL PPO plans. Learn to Live offers customized online mental health programs that are confidential, accessible, and based on years of research showing these programs to be as effective as face-to-face therapy.

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