If an employee's situation with dependent daycare changes and they need to adjust their contributions, they may be eligible to complete a life event in the Benefits Enrollment System.
Some situations that may qualify:
- Child care/adult daycare stops
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Child care/adult daycare starts (such as summer camp or when a parent goes back to work after the birth of a child)
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Child care/adult daycare costs change (such as a child starts kindergarten and before and/or after-school care is less than full-time daycare or camp)
- Employee's spouse stops working
Documentation is required. For a daycare change, the employee may provide written proof from the dependent daycare provider stating the change in cost or enrollment status OR complete the NCFlex DDCFSA Qualifying Life Event Form.
Remind employees that the new election amount applies to the entire plan year, not only going forward. For instance, if an employee originally chose $5,000 for 2022 and now changes that election effective August 1 to $4,000 for 2022, this would be for January 1 - December 31, 2022. If the employee has already contributed $2,916, they only need to contribute an additional $1,084. If they have plenty of funds for the remainder of the year, they can simply cancel the plan going forward.
