Family Resources

Eligible employees who adopt a child receive a lump sum payment of up to $5,000 to help with adoption expenses, including:  

• Agency adoption fees
• Court costs
• Attorney fees
• Round-trip transportation to bring the child home

Eligible full-time employees who meet FMLA criteria can receive adoption assistance after working one year. You can be reimbursed for adoption related expenses up to a maximum of $2,500 per child (up to $3,000 per child for a special needs adoption).

Gestational surrogacy is an arrangement in which a person carries and delivers a baby for another person or couple. The person who carries the baby is the gestational surrogate or gestational carrier.

Our Gestational Surrogacy Program reimburses gestational surrogacy parents up to $15,000 for eligible expenses associated with the gestational surrogacy. The program is open to benefits-eligible employees.

Employees and students of the Johns Hopkins Enterprise can get customized referral services and child care information through LOCATE: Child Care Corporate Enhanced Referral Service, including:

• Individual counseling to assess your child care needs and match you with available services.
• Referrals to child care providers and licensed group programs in Maryland, plus follow-up assistance until placement is found.
• Materials on specialized child care options and services, federal income tax credits for families, and Maryland state financial assistance programs.

To get started, you can complete the online registration form, call 800-999-0120, or email LOCATEcorporate@marylandfamilynetwork.org . A referral specialist will contact you once you’ve registered.

Need help at home? Care@Work helps you find: 

• Child care
• Pet walkers
• Senior caregivers
• Housekeepers
• And more!

Benefits eligible staff receive a free premium membership to the Care.com portal, where you can explore provider profiles, do background checks and a Safety Center to get guidance on assessing providers.

Subsidized Backup Child and Adult Care
Need emergency back-up care for child or adult day care? Through Care@Work, you can access subsidized, vetted care for work-related situations up to 10 days per fiscal year (July 1-June 30). Take advantage of this benefit in two easy steps:

Step 1: Enroll on Hopkins’ Care.com portal
Step 2: Search for backup care or call 855-781-1303

Pregnancy, childbirth, adoption, surrogacy, and loss are all major life transitions. Continuing to chest/breastfeed, or exclusively pump, requires extra planning and support. Johns Hopkins’ Lactation Support Program helps make the transition back to work or study easier.

There are registered rooms across the Hopkins campuses, which are all equipped with hospital-grade pumps (Ameda Platinum or Medela Symphony).

• Bayview Medical Campus
• East Baltimore Campus
• Homewood Campus
• Additional Lactation Rooms and Resources

Complete these steps to participate in the Lactation Support Program:

1. Request lactation accommodations .
2. Register to use a lactation room . After you register, you’ll get a confirmation email containing room amenity and access information.

Go to Lactation Support for more information.