Spotlight on Your Funds

May 2025

Benefit Funds Announce Ochsner Digital Medicine Partnership

Effective May 1, the Benefit Funds are partnering with Ochsner Digital Medicine to bring a new program to 1199SEIU members. Ochsner uses technology and data to help members living with hypertension and/or Type 2 diabetes better manage their conditions, without extra visits to the doctor.

Through the program, eligible members and their dependents age 18 years and older may receive a free blood pressure cuff and/or glucometer that will transmit readings to the Ochsner care team. Monitoring these readings, the care team manages participants’ medications to help ensure they are receiving appropriate treatment and dosages. In addition, participants use Ochsner’s digital app to track their progress, receive alerts and reminders from their care team, and access professional health coaching and lifestyle resources that they can use to build healthy habits. For more information, members may visit Ochsner’s website.

Training and Employment Funds’ Pre-college Programs Strengthen Workforce

The Training and Employment Funds (TEF) offer pre-college programs that provide members with foundational skills to complete vocational or college programs and build healthcare careers.  

• Citizenship Program (jointly administered by the Benefit and Pension Funds and TEF) helps members navigate the U.S. immigration and naturalization process.  
• English for Speakers of Other Languages offers eight levels of classes to improve members’ communication skills and help them pursue educational and professional opportunities. 
• English and math preparation classes  help members improve their reading and math skills and expand their knowledge in science and social studies. 
• High school completion and college preparation classes prepare members for college entrance exams and nursing professions. 
• Computer literacy classes  increase members’ technical knowledge and help ensure they are professionally competitive. 

For more information, members may visit www.1199SEIUBenefits.org/MyTEF or call (844) 833-1199.

Child Care Funds Host May Workshops for Summer Programs

The Child Care Funds will hold their Summer Day Camp and Summer Ideas for Parents online workshops this month. Members who attend a Summer Day Camp workshop will learn about the Summer Day Camp and Special Needs Summer Day Camp benefits available to them, co-payments, post-registration details and more. The Summer Ideas for Parents workshop will provide parents with information on local, free and low-cost summer activities available to them and their children. Please share the details below with your 1199SEIU employees and members. For more information, members may email memengage@1199Funds.org or contact John Clarke at John.Clarke@1199Funds.org or (646) 473-8352.

Summer Day Camp Workshops

Wednesday, May 14

When: 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Where: Online/Zoom

RSVP

Wednesday, May 28

When: 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Where: Online/Zoom

RSVP

Summer Ideas for Parents Workshop

Tuesday, May 20

When: 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Where: Online/Zoom

RSVP

The Institute for Continuing Education Presents Upcoming Programs

The 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 institution or facility. (The full schedule is available on the program calendar.) 

Women’s Health

Sunday, May 4

8:45 am to 4:30 pm

This interprofessional symposium will focus on health concerns specific to women, including the role that reproductive life events and the environment play in breast cancer risk, treatments for menopause, pharmacological treatments for women’s health issues, the effects of nutrition and lifestyle on women’s health throughout the aging process, and the impact of menopause symptoms on women’s mental health.

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

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