Note: This is the printable version of the Guide's Home Page. To exit this page, click in the upper right hand corner of the page to return to the main site. You will not exit the site by doing so. Use your regular printing procedure to print out this page.

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• How to Use this Guide
• Letter from the Chancellor
• The Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Dependent Care
• Acknowledgements and Background
• Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action Policy Statement

How to Use This Guide

Please remember that this information is current only as of the date of publication. Before taking any action or making final decisions, be sure to refer to updated policy manuals, contracts and collective bargaining agreements. You should also speak to your department's Employee Relations Specialist or Departmental Benefits Counselor.

Understanding the Site's Side Bar
The side bar contains all of the topic areas for the site. The sidebar items explain the following topics:

• Family Friendly Policies- A discussion of family-related policies for faculty and staff.
• Family Friendly Benefits- Covers the benefits continuum for various types of leave. Discusses benefits for dependents and how to use dependent care expenses to reduce taxes.
• Flexible Work Arrangements- Types of flexible work arrangements and factors to consider. Includes information on telecommuting.
• Finding Child Care- Information on how to find and evaluate childcare. Relevant to parents of infants, toddlers, pre-school and school-age children. Section also contains a list of campus and community childcare resources.
• Elder and Adult Dependent Care- An overview on providing and seeking care for parents, spouses/partners, other relatives, and friends. Section also contains a selected list of eldercare community resources.
• CACDC- The homepage for the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Dependent Care, which created this guide. The page contains history, accomplishments and membership of the committee.
• Site Map- A tool to let you quickly see the main headings in each section
• Printable Versions- Has a printable version of the entire guide.

Understanding the Site's Top Bar
The Top Bar of this site has checklists for different groups of people who will commonly visit this site. These checklists direct you to policies, benefits, and resources throughout the site that are relevant to:

• Pregnancy and the months following delivery
• Adoption, fostercare and guardianship
• Parents with children of all ages
• Elder care and caring for adult dependents

Printing Out Pages
You will see an option on each page that will allow you to print out that respective chapter of the guide. You will need to use that option to print out pages. Do not print directly from the regular screen. Thee is a printable version of the entire guide n the " Printable Version " area of the Side Bar. When a printable version is open on your screen, it may appear that the rest of the site has been visually " replaced. " To exit the printable version, just click to close it. You will not exit the entire site.

Letter from the Chancellor

Dear Faculty and Staff: Each day faculty and staff face the challenge of balancing their family and work responsibilities. This campus is committed to policies and programs that enable faculty and staff to be productive members of the campus community and to meet their family care obligations.

This publication, A Guide for Balancing Work and Family, is one step in an ongoing process of supporting parents and other family caregivers at the University of California, Berkeley. This process is guided primarily by the efforts of the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Dependent Care, which I have charged with advising me and academic and staff administrators on the broad spectrum of dependent care issues, ranging from child care to the care of the ill, disabled, and elderly.

I hope that you will find this Guide a useful resource and that you will join me in continuing to seek creative ways to make the Berkeley campus a family-friendly work environment.

The Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Dependent Care

The Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Dependent Care advises the campus administration on a broad range of issues concerning dependent care. Please go to the CACDC Home Page to learn about the membership, history, and accomplishments of this multidisciplinary, faculty/staff commmittee.

Acknowledgements and Background

This guide is the work of the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Dependent Care. It was developed with extensive input from the campus community. This is the third version of the Guide. The first version was published in 1992 and focused on policies, practices, programs, and childcare information for working parents. The second version, published in 1998, was expanded to include policies, benefits and resources on elder/adult dependent care. The first two versions were published as booklets and are still available in hardcopy.

This latest version of the guide is available only on the web. The Guide's contents have been expanded, updated, and refined. We hope that you will find this web-based format easy to use and we welcome your feedback. If you have comments or suggestions, please send an email to choffman@uhs.berkeley.edu.

We would like to make the following acknowledgements for the development of this version:

• Thanks to Laura Nicodemus (nicmail@pacbell.net) for site design and revision.
• Thanks to the Staff Ombuds Office for its original development of the Flexible Work Arrangements Section.
• Thanks to UC Santa Cruz for site design input.
• Thanks to Rahel Yohannes (rahwaaa@hotmail.com) for verifying and updating the Guide's contact information.
• Thanks to Vincent Robinson of the Media Alliance and Paul Greyson of Digidesign, Inc. for their contributions.

We would also like to thank the following individuals for their contributions to prior versions of the Guide:

• 1998 Version: Beth Witrogen-McLeod, Margo Wesley, Steve Lustig, and Horace Mitchell.
  
• 1992 Version: Robert Schwarzbach, Kathleen Phillips Satz, Evelyn Shapiro, Joyce Sturm, Michele Woods Jones, Phil Encinio, Chang-Lin Tien, Daniel Boggan Jr., and Steve Barclay.
  

Parts of the text have been adapted with permission from the following sources: Kaiser Permanente Medical Center of San Francisco, Choosing Childcare, 1988; Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Childcare-What are Your Choices?;, and BANANAS Childcare Information and Referral Publications, Oakland, CA.

Photos by Dawn Finch, Bob McLeod, Peg Skorpinski, Kathy Sloane, and Department of Housing and Dining Services.

Nondiscriminination and Affirmative Action Policy Statement For University Of California Publications Regarding Employment Practices

The University of California prohibits discrimination against or harassment of any person employed by or seeking employment with the University on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics), ancestry, marital status, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, or status as a covered veteran (special disabled veteran, Vietnam era veteran, or any other veteran who served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized).

The University of California is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. The University undertakes affirmative action to assure equal employment opportunity for minorities and women, for persons with disabilities, and for special disabled veterans, Vietnam era veterans, and any other veterans who served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized.

University policy is intended to be consistent with the provisions of applicable State and Federal laws.

Inquiries regarding the University's equal employment opportunity policies for staff and management may be directed to Edith Ng, Director of Staff Affirmative Action and Diversity Programs, 641 University Hall, (510) 642-5002. Inquiries regarding policies concerning disability related equal opportunity may be directed to Ward Newmeyer, A.D.A./504 Compliance Officer, (510) 643-5116 (voice or TTY/TDD). Inquiries regarding policies concerning sexual harassment and equal opportunity on the basis of sex may be directed to Carmen C. McKines, Title IX Compliance Officer, (510) 643-7985. Inquiries regarding age discrimination may be directed to Alan T. Kolling, Age Discrimination Act Coordinator, (510) 642-8471. Inquiries regarding the University's equal opportunity policies for academic employment may be directed to the Academic Compliance Office, 200 California Hall, #1500, (510) 642-2795.

April 1, 1999

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