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The Committee achieved success, although they still consider it a work in progress.
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In late summer 2016, HR presented the research to the President’s Council, and in September 2016, HR announced that beginning in 2017, coverage for IUI and IVF services will be included in the University’s self-insured health plans and also be accessible to same-gender couples. The Committee presented the research to the Fringe Benefit Committee and met with HR representatives at least four times throughout the course of the year. As a result, more faculty and staff joined the Family Equity Committee, and with more people involved, they embarked on important research to learn what infertility benefits other universities in the Association of American Universities (AAU) offered to help make the case for family equity.
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The Committee discovered that adding assisted reproductive technology and adoption reimbursement had been presented to the Faculty Senate in 2014 but not approved.Įnlisting more faculty support was crucial, so Heather, with support from her supervisor at the Center for Women, created a series of women’s health programs that addressed infertility, adoption and foster care. Next steps included reaching out to the Director of Benefits, the VP of Human Resources (HR), and the President of the University. Together in 2015, they established the Family Equity Committee to advocate for staff and faculty members who need assistance building their families. To ensure their efforts were inclusive of anyone struggling to build a family, they reached out to the University’s LGBT Center Director, who also revealed her personal battle with infertility. That day they vowed to advocate for family building and fight for insurance coverage at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), where they worked. Soon after this chance encounter, all three colleagues met to talk about their infertility experiences and the lack of health care coverage for employees diagnosed with this disease.
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That colleague said Heather was the second co-worker she had come across in the waiting room. In late 2014, while sitting in the waiting room before her appointment with a fertility specialist, Heather Clayton Terry spotted a familiar face from work.