UC Enhanced Family Support
UC offers Bright Horizons Enhanced Family Supports, a comprehensive web-based resource, to help you balance work and family responsibilities. The Bright Horizons programs — including Sittercity, Years Ahead, and Bright Horizons preferred enrollment — provide information about pre-screened care providers and services so you can choose the solution that’s right for you.
Visit the UC-specific Bright Horizons site for information about each of the programs available to you and your family. For Sittercity or Years Ahead resources, you’ll need to activate your membership and log in.
Eligibility: Employees in UC's Full, Mid, and Core Benefit packages.
Learn more about the programs on UCNet: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/benefits/home-family/family-care-resources/#works
(0-12 Years Old)
Use Sittercity’s web tools to find appropriate in-home caregivers. You can:
Search for caregivers using direct search based on criteria important to you or post a job and have candidates apply to you
Read profiles and reviews of caregivers
Check caregivers’ references
Check references and view background checks for the candidates you prefer before you interview and select the caregiver of your choice
To prepare for last-minute needs, you may interview and select future caregivers in advance, then save the list of names to your Sittercity account. Or you may post a last-minute job to the Sittercity website and have candidates apply to you.
(Seniors)
The Years Ahead site offers detailed profiles of care providers including photos, experience, capabilities, pricing, reviews and more to help you decide which one is right for you and your family. Years Ahead also provides:
A comprehensive needs assessment as a first step for those unsure about the type or level of care needed
Certified senior care advisors to help families through the process
Shared accounts so that you can share information such as assessments and findings with others involved in the decision making process