Spotlight on Your Funds

October 2024

Benefit Funds Encourage Members to Get Their Flu Shot and COVID-19 Booster

The Benefit Funds have launched their annual campaign encouraging 1199SEIU members to get vaccinated against seasonal influenza to protect themselves, their families and their residents from the virus. The Benefit Funds are reaching out to members through emails, the fall issue of the For Your Benefit member magazine and social media channels. In addition, as new variants of the COVID-19 virus circulate, the Benefit Funds are encouraging members to get their COVID-19 booster. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that it is safe to receive both vaccines at the same time. As a reminder, members enrolled in health coverage through the Benefit Funds can receive the vaccinations from their participating provider or pharmacy with no out-of-pocket costs.

Training and Employment Funds Launch Career Pathways Training Program Orientations

The 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds (TEF) are offering the first in a series of orientations for members interested in receiving assistance through the New York State Career Pathways Training (CPT) Program. TEF is one of three organizations recently awarded a total of $646 million through the CPT Program to recruit and train healthcare workers in occupational shortage areas. The first orientations will focus on members interested in careers as licensed practical nurses, respiratory therapists or pharmacy technicians, or those pursuing an Associate of Science in Nursing degree or a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. Participants will learn more about the CPT Program and the educational financial support they may receive, such as tuition assistance, tutoring support services and job placement assistance. Orientations begin October 12 and will continue throughout the month either remotely or in person. Members may visit MyTEF to view the schedule and to register.

Child Care Corporation Hosts Anne Shore Sleep-Away Camp Fair

On Saturday, October 19, the 1199SEIU/Employer Child Care Corporation (CCC) will hold its Anne Shore Sleep-Away Camp Fair for summer 2025 at the Family of Funds’ Manhattan headquarters. Members can speak with representatives from camp providers to learn what each offers, as well as enjoy activities, giveaways and raffles. Members can sign up for the fair through October 17; an RSVP is encouraged but not required. To be eligible for their children to attend camp, members must work for, and have had family coverage with, a contributing employer for at least one consecutive year. Members can apply for camp online through MyAccount from October 19, 2024, until January 31, 2025.

The Anne Shore Sleep-Away Camp Program allows eligible children between ages 9 and 15 years of age to attend one- to four-week summer sleep-away camps with such offerings as sports, art, outdoor adventures and technology. There are currently more than 20 contracted camp providers in Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont, all accredited by the American Camp Association. For more information, members may email AnneShoreCampProgram@1199Funds.org.

The Institute for Continuing Education Presents Upcoming Programs

The 1199SEIU Greater New York Education Fund strengthens the healthcare delivery system by offering 1199SEIU members training and education programs designed to help improve patient outcomes and provide quality care. Please share these opportunities with members at your facility. (The full schedule is available on the program calendar.)

Caring Hands, Vital Roles: Perioperative Techs, the Heartbeat of the Operating Room

Saturday, October 26

9:00 am to 2:00 pm

This seminar for surgical techs, anesthesia techs and central sterile techs will focus on ways to equip them with the skills and knowledge to become successful preceptors, the role of perioperative techs in vascular surgery, and the importance of sterilization and infection control for patient safety.

For more information, visit the Institute for Continuing Education’s web page, call (212) 894-4390 or email Institute@1199Funds.org.

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Sofia Espinoza from Staten Island University Hospital, Northwell Health

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