Spring is a time of renewal and an opportunity to commit to healthy habits, but protecting your health should be a priority no matter what the calendar says. In this issue of For Your Benefit, you will learn about an improvement to your Teladoc benefit coming in May, when you—and any of your eligible dependents age 18 and older—will be able to access mental health care from the privacy and comfort of your own home.

Your Benefit Fund offers other resources to support your family’s mental well-being as well, so we have included an article about adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). These are all-too-common traumatic experiences that can affect a person’s physical and mental health well into adulthood, and we discuss ways your Benefit Fund can help.

In this issue, you will read about 1199SEIU member Maria Rodriguez, a Secretary II at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, who shares her story of how her benefits helped her get her health back on track after a serious medical event.

We know how important your health benefits are to you, and we are committed to helping ensure they are always there when you and your family need them. That is why we include details about our 2018 Dependent Eligibility Verification Program.