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Welcome to the Benefits Department website. Our department coordinates and administers medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, and life insurance plans, as well as flexible spending and dependent care accounts for eligible employees and dependents. Provides information to employees about Employee Assistance Programs, third party union approved disability insurance, and other resources available to staff.If you have additional questions, please contact Benefits.
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Benefits StaffAndrea LopezEmployee Benefits Program CoordinatorInformation regarding employee health benefits, dependent coverage, benefit providers/billing, open enrollment, retiree benefits, COBRA, third party vendor administration
Phone: (714) 447-2834 / Fax (714) 447-7538Jenny MorganEmployee Benefits TechnicianInformation regarding employee health benefits, dependent coverage, open enrollment, COBRA
(714) 447-7420 / Fax (714) 447-7538
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Health Plans
Medical and Dental plans are available for Single (employee only), 2 Party (employee and one dependent, dependent can be spouse, domestic partner or child), and Family (employee and two or more dependents (dependents can be spouse, domestic partner, or child(ren)). Please see Verification of Dependent Eligibility for more information.
Vision is offered at a composite rate. There is only one rate for Single, 2 Party, and Family coverage.
Flexible Spending/Dependent Care
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New Employees
New employees working 50% or more (4 hours for Classified employees) have a 31-day window period from date of hire to enroll in insurance benefits. All benefit eligible employees qualify for District paid life insurance.Employees who are regularly assigned to work 20 hours or more per week (.50 FTE – Certificated) in a permanent position, are eligible for pro-rata District paid Health and Welfare Benefits. Employee contributions vary according to benefit plans and hours worked per week; deduction information is available below.
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HIPAA Qualified Event (Change outside of Open Enrollment)
A HIPAA qualified event is needed to make changes to your medical, dental, or vision enrollment outside of Open Enrollment. Please make sure to contact us within 30 days of the qualifying event (loss of coverage, adding new baby or spouse, etc) in order to process the change. Complete all applicable forms (can be found under Benefit Forms) and submit them directly via the submission portal or Benefits Dropbox. For more information please contact Benefits.
