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I Want to Adopt a Child
As you consider or embark on the adoption process, Tufts offers benefits and resources for legal matters, parenting, and work/life balance.
Counseling and Legal Services
Tufts Employee Assistance Program
The Tufts Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers free, confidential counseling and referrals for you and your adult household members. You are entitled to a free 30-minute telephone consultation per legal matter. You can reach the EAP 24 hours a day, seven days a week by calling 800-648-9557.
Legal Services
MetLife Legal Plans provides fully covered legal services from experienced attorneys. The provided a wide range of personal legal matter services, including assistance with:
- Court appearances
- Document review
- Preparation wills
- Family matters
Life and Career Changes: I’m Becoming a Parent
New parents and guardians have so much to think about, from changing health coverage to planning for childcare. HR provides new parents with information and resources that can help you through this experience.
Work/Life Balance
As a new parent or guardian, it can be challenging to balance work and your personal life. Tufts offers comprehensive benefits and resources to help you manage the demands of home and work, including:
- Health and Wellness
- Parenting and Childcare
- Alternative Work Arrangements
- Time Off
- Telecommuting Guidelines
Parent Employee Resource Collaborative (PERC)
PERC provides support around a variety of issues including, but not limited to:
- Parenting skills
- Work-life balance
- Finding quality care and schools
- Navigating school
- Care after school, during school breaks, and in the summer
- Understanding children's development
- Children who identify as LGBTQ+, children with special needs
- Nutrition, allergies, and other health-related topics
- Events
- Social media use
- Safety
Join the email list at perc@elist.tufts.edu and the website at https://canvas.tufts.edu.
Dependent Care Concierge Service and Seminars
For individual support around dependent care needs such as childcare, dependent adult care or elder care, or to suggest a topic or view current list of dependent care seminars, contact:
June Goldstein
Dependent Care Benefits Specialist
requestforjgoldstein@tufts.edu
Provided by Human Resources