BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

THROUGH THE Episcopal CHURCH MEDICAL TRUST

ECCC offers benefit administration services for member centers who would like to opt-in to using our group rates and plans.

MEDICAL BENEFITS

All employees scheduled to work over 1,000 hours a year are eligible to enroll in medical benefits through the Episcopal Church Medical Trust. ECCC offers a wide array of medical plans from a variety of insurance providers for member centers to make available to their employees.

DENTAL BENEFITS

All employees scheduled to work over 1,000 hours a year are eligible to enroll in dental benefits through the Episcopal Church Medical Trust. ECCC offers a wide array of medical plans for member centers to make available to their employees. We offer three plan options through Delta Dental.

GROUP LIFE Insurance

All employees scheduled to work over 1,000 hours a year are required to be enrolled in Group Life Insurance at the same volume as other employees at the member center.

DISABILITY INSURANCE

Members centers may enroll eligible employees in short term or long term disability insurance.

Pension

ECCC does not administer pension benefits. Either the center or diocese administrator handles pension enrollment for employees.

Important Dates For Annual Enrollment

  • August 29 CPG Plans and Rates Announced

  • August 29 - September 20 ECCC Selects Plans to be Offered in 2025

  • September 23 - October 4 Centers Subselect Plans to Offer Employees

  • October 15-November 15 Open Enrollment

NEED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ECCC BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION? benefits@episcopalccc.org

Employee Assistance Program

All of the plans offered by the Medical Trust have a robust Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) included as part of the benefit for your employees.

EAP is offered through Cigna Behavioral Health at $5 per employee per month and will cover the entire household of your enrolled employee.

The Center must pay for this EAP-only coverage; you cannot require your employees to pay any part of this coverage. Employees regularly scheduled to work at least 1,000 hours per year are eligible for this benefit.

“We believe this benefit is so valuable that we offer it as a stand-alone plan for any of your eligible employees who waive enrollment in a Medical Trust medical plan due to spousal or other coverage.”

A NOTE ABOUT ON-SITE HOUSING

If any of your employees enrolled in a lay pension through CPG live on-site or in center-provided housing, the value of that housing is considered part of compensation for pension purposes. The calculation was simplified in CPG’s recent pension plan revision, and information to help you calculate the pension assessment is available on our website. Please note that the value of housing for tax purposes or for the clergy tax exemption may be very different.

If you have questions, please contact Zach Peterson.