Building a culture of mental wellness in your ministry is important. Mental health concerns such as burnout, anxiety and depression can impact worker productivity, engagement and overall well-being.
Building a culture of mental wellness in your ministry is important. Mental health concerns such as burnout, anxiety and depression can impact worker productivity, engagement and overall well-being. We are equipping you to better support your workers’ mental health with our new mental health care solution: Evernorth Confide Behavioral Health Navigator.
Starting May 1, your workers will have new expanded mental health solutions through an enhanced EAP by Evernorth Confide, including personalized navigation designed to break down the most common barriers to behavioral health care.
We’ll share details with your workers via email and mail on May 1 to kick off Mental Health Awareness Month. In these communications we’ll invite Concordia Health Plan members and anyone living in the primary member's household to learn about and register for Evernorth Confide so they can make mental health care their priority.
CPS will keep Evernorth Confide and the importance of mental health care in front of members so when mental health support is needed, access is easy.
We've updated our Employer Mental Health Toolkit with new information and resources - be sure to check it out and share these tools with your workers.
Cultivate a supportive wellness culture within your ministry
Create a culture of mental wellness in your ministry by promoting mental health awareness, demonstrating a commitment to your workers’ well-being and supporting their mental health.
Join CPS Health & Wellness Educator Kelly Menke May 7 at 12 p.m. CT for our “Promoting Mental Health Awareness in Your Workplace Culture” webinar. Kelly will cover:
Signs of stress.
Self-care and coping strategies.
Signs of a mental health challenge.
Helpful ways to respond and provide support.
New mental health care solutions with Evernorth Confide.
Are you up to speed with the Concordia Disability and Survivor Plan (CDSP) and how it benefits your workers in their times of need? If your answer is no – that's OK! We're providing a rundown May 21 at 1 p.m. CT during a featured webinar that explains the fundamentals of the disability side of the CDSP.
This webinar will cover:
Plan provisions.
Administrative teams.
Life cycle of a disability claim.
This is the first webinar in a series delivered throughout the year that is dedicated to educating LCMS employers about the benefits available through the CDSP.
Last month we held a webinar with HR Services partner Mineral, and they shared an overview of their new “Smart Employee Handbook.” With this service, you can easily generate a federal and state compliant handbook. When laws and regulations change, Mineral will alert you and provide the updated policies for your handbook. If you missed the live webinar, you can watch the recording here.
Reminder: Please share the CRSP 403(b) ‘Notice to Interested Persons'
If your ministry participates in the Concordia Retirement Savings Plan (CRSP) 403(b), please note that Concordia Plans is voluntarily submitting the CRSP 403(b) to the IRS for review June 3. This review will confirm that the CRSP complies with required rules and meets the tax-code requirements for a 403(b) retirement plan.
As part of this process, we ask that between May 10-24 you share this “Notice to Interested Persons” with workers who are enrolled or eligible for enrollment in the CRSP 403(b). Thank you for your help!
Spring is an exciting time for ministries as they learn more about new church workers who have been called to help in their ministries. We’re certain it will be a busy time as they prepare to join you.
Do you have what you need to successfully welcome your new ministry staff? We encourage you to check out our “Welcoming a Worker Toolkit,” which is stocked with resources to help you successfully bring new church workers onto your team.
Of course, if you have any questions, you can reach out to your Account Manager or contact Concordia Plans at [email protected] or 888-927-7526.
Teacher Appreciation Week May 6-10
For all our LCMS school teachers, we celebrate you during Teacher Appreciation Week! We support, respect and admire you for what you do for our students and LCMS education.
Personal Spending Accounts information for Further customers
If your ministry currently uses Further for personal spending accounts, please note the grace period for migration to HealthEquity will end at the close of this calendar year. HealthEquity has developed a comprehensive communication plan to ensure you and your members receive timely and relevant information throughout the migration process.
Specific resources tailored for Concordia Plans, including a dedicated microsite, guides and webinars, will be available starting in June. Together with HealthEquity, we are committed to making this migration as smooth as possible for both you and your workers.
MEMBER PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT Confide Behavioral Health Navigator
Life’s challenges can affect your workers’ overall well-being, so it’s important they make mental health care a priority. Sometimes that’s difficult to do when your workers can’t find the care they need, feel uncomfortable seeking care or don’t know where to start, so they may delay getting help.
With the NEW Evernorth Confide Behavioral Health Navigator, Concordia Health Plan members and anyone living in the primary member's household can get the help they need.
Evernorth Confide offers expanded mental health care solutions with an enhanced Employee Assistance Program (EAP), providing personalized navigation designed to break down the most common barriers to behavioral health care.
Common barriers to getting mental health care
Evernorth Confide
solutions
Mental health care is hard to navigate,
complicated and tough to access.
Immediate 24/7 access to clinical help.
Secure an appointment within three days.
Continuous support throughout your care from a Care Navigator.
People don’t recognize their need for help and/or know where to start.
Access to a digital portal for assessment and care recommendations.
Professional help no matter the challenge.
Finding the right therapist is difficult, especially if you want a Christian or Lutheran counselor.
Schedule in-person or virtual therapy with an in-network, licensed support professional.
Pre-filtered link to Christian counselors.
People don’t want anyone to know they’re seeking mental health care.
Confidential access to discreet care.
Virtual, phone and chat care.
Digital tools for self-guided support for resiliency.
EAP therapists are not always in-network for
affordable, continuity of care after initial EAP
sessions.
Eight free sessions per topic (from family to financial issues to substance abuse, emotional health and stress), per year.
Seamless coordination with your medical insurance to continue beyond the eight sessions.
In-network providers guaranteed – which generally means lower costs if you continue after your sessions.
Encourage your workers to connect with Evernorth Confide!
Do your workers know about their coverage through the Concordia Disability and Survivor Plan? May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month – a good time to remind them of the benefits that YOU provide through the CDSP!
Take a moment to copy and paste the blurb below (don’t forget to insert your ministry’s name and include the links to the resources) and share it with your workers in an email or employee newsletter. Let your workers know that this is just another way that you care for them!
Life changes – planned and unforeseen – can interrupt the security of a paycheck, whether those interruptions are the joyful addition of a child or something difficult such as an illness or death. One component of your Concordia Plans benefits is the Concordia Disability and Survivor Plan, which provides you with disability insurance and basic life insurance. These benefits are paid for by [name of your ministry] because we want to make sure that the financial burdens of the world don’t distract from your ability to recover. Learn more about your benefits here:
Starting May 1, your workers will have new expanded mental health solutions through an enhanced EAP by Evernorth Confide. Throughout May, we’ll send your workers a weekly mental health message to encourage and equip them with resources during Mental Health Awareness Month.
Wondr Class 2 registration
Wondr offers a common-sense, skill-building approach to lasting weight loss, and it doesn’t include starving, counting calories or eating diet food. CHP members and adult dependents can sign upuntil May 6 for the next program that begins May 13.
