Toolkits

The Board of Pensions has developed these toolkits to help employers engage with and educate employees about benefits offered through the Benefits Plan of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Throughout the year, your employees will receive communications from the Board of Pensions and our business partners about important benefits features and with tips for making the most of their benefits. These toolkits provide additional materials you can display and/or distribute to help your employees better understand — and get the most from — their benefits.

Call to Health

Call to Health is a well-being initiative for employees and spouses who have medical coverage through the Board of Pensions. It supports health and well-being by focusing on the four dimensions of wholeness: spiritual, health, financial, and vocational.

View the Call to Health toolkit

Care navigation 

Care navigation provides employees who have medical coverage through the Board of Pensions and their covered family members with their own personal support team of nurses, clinicians, and benefits specialists to guide them on their healthcare journey. This toolkit will help you prepare your employees and includes instructions for how to connect with Quantum Health’s Care Coordinators.

View the care navigation toolkit

Church and ministry employers

This toolkit contains materials of specific interest to church employers, including congregations, treasurers, presbyteries, sessions, committees, and synods.

View the church and ministry employers toolkit

Disability benefits

In addition to the disability benefits offered as part of the Death and Disability Plan, employers have the option to offer the Temporary Disability Plan and the Long-Term Disability Plan. These plans give employers greater choice and the opportunity to provide this critical financial protection to more employees.

View the disability benefits toolkit

Employee Assistance Plan

Medical coverage through the Board of Pensions includes participation in the Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) at no cost to the employee. EAP services, provided through Cigna Behavioral Health, are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to everyone in a member’s household.

View the Employee Assistance Plan toolkit

View COVID-19 Employee Assistance Plan resources

View Employee Assistance Plan disaster resources (mass shootings, violence in communities, and other critical incidents)

Enrollment and new hires

Employers may use this toolkit to help introduce and explain benefits to newly hired employees who join the plan mid-year. These communications are different from those for annual enrollment (late October to mid-November), available in the Annual Enrollment toolkit, linked on this page.

View the enrollment and new hires toolkit

Flexible spending accounts

Flexible spending accounts allow employees to set aside pretax dollars to pay for eligible expenses under IRS rules. There are two types of FSAs: healthcare and dependent care. You may offer either, neither, or both. PC(USA) employees are eligible for dependent care FSAs regardless of hours worked, and for healthcare FSAs only if eligible for medical coverage you offer.

View the flexible spending accounts toolkit

High deductible health plan and health savings account

The high deductible health plan (HDHP) provides coverage at a lower cost than the PPO and EPO medical options. The health savings account (HSA) is a tax-advantaged account that employees may use to pay certain healthcare expenses, including the HDHP deductible and copayments. You can offer the HSA only to employees who are enrolled in the HDHP, or another HSA-compatible health plan you offer.

View the high deductible health plan and health savings account toolkit

Retirement Savings Plan of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

The Retirement Savings Plan makes it easy for employees to save on a tax-advantaged basis and offers a path to retirement readiness and financial well-being. Any PC(USA) employee may participate, regardless of hours worked, if their employer offers the plan.

View the Retirement Savings Plan toolkit

Tax-advantaged plans

Employers may sponsor one or more tax-advantaged plans to offer employees the opportunity to redirect pretax deductions from their paychecks to pay or be reimbursed for eligible healthcare or dependent care expenses on a tax-free basis. This results in tax savings for employees and employers, which is why the plans are called “tax-advantaged.”

These sample documents and salary reduction agreement (presented as Word documents) are intended to offer assistance to employers that wish to establish and offer these plans. We recommend consulting with your tax adviser when adopting any tax-advantaged plan.

Sample Employee Healthcare Contributions Only Plan (long version)

Sample Employee Healthcare Contributions Only Plan (short version)

Sample Session Resolution

Sample Healthcare Contributions Only Plan Salary Reduction Agreement