{"id":867,"date":"2022-12-02T16:54:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T00:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/?page_id=867"},"modified":"2025-07-02T09:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T16:31:28","slug":"bright-horizons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/backup-care\/bright-horizons\/","title":{"rendered":"Bright Horizons backup care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We understand that life happens\u2014caregivers get sick, schools close unexpectedly, or your regular plans fall through. <strong>Bright Horizons Back-Up Care<\/strong> is here to provide reliable, short-term care for those <strong>unforeseen, last-minute disruptions<\/strong> to your usual arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>This program is designed to help you navigate unexpected challenges, ensuring you can focus on what matters most while knowing your loved ones are cared for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note:<\/strong> Back-up care is intended for emergent, unplanned needs. For scheduled breaks, such as school holidays or planned closures, we encourage you to explore alternative options like camps, local programs, or personal time off.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Backup care overview<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>PEBB-eligible employees and students are eligible for backup childcare through Bright Horizons at locations throughout Puget Sound and nationwide.<\/li>\n<li>Eligible employees and UW students have a total of five backup care uses through Bright Horizons<\/li>\n<li>Backup care is provided on a first-come, first-served basis and availability is not guaranteed.<\/li>\n<li>Calendar year usage allotments reset annually on January 1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Appropriate use of backup Care<\/h4>\n<p>Bright Horizons Back-Up Care is designed to help you manage <strong>unexpected, last-minute caregiving challenges<\/strong> when your regular arrangements fall through. It\u2019s a great resource for emergent needs like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A nanny or caregiver calls in sick<\/li>\n<li>School unexpectedly closes for weather or emergencies<\/li>\n<li>Your usual care provider has an unforeseen absence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Plan Ahead for Scheduled Breaks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back-up care should not be used for known breaks in school or childcare schedules, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Holidays or teacher in-service days<\/li>\n<li>Winter, spring, or summer breaks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For these planned closures, we encourage you to explore options such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using vacation time to enjoy with your child<\/li>\n<li>Enrolling them in a local camp or program<\/li>\n<li>Arranging care in advance through family, friends, or other providers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By reserving back-up care for truly unplanned situations, we can ensure this program remains available for employees who need immediate support.<\/p>\n<h4>Bright Horizons backup care<\/h4>\n<p>Bright Horizons provides two in-network care options. You may use a combination of these two services up to five times per calendar year:<\/p>\n<p><strong>In-center backup care<\/strong> costs $20 per child and $35 per family per day. Up to 3 children using in center backup care for up to 10 hours would count as one use. Find care in centers throughout the Puget Sound and nationwide through Bright Horizons expansive partner network. This benefit also includes school aged childcare options.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In-home care<\/strong> costs $32 for up to four hours of care. Each additional hour costs $8. With in-home childcare, Bright Horizons will arrange for a nanny to come to your home and care for your loved ones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To register<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PEBB-eligible employees and GAIP-eligible students: Before using backup care, take the following steps to register with Bright Horizons and create your personal account:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bhlogin.brighthorizons.com\/?redirectURL=%2F%3F&amp;benefitid=3&amp;fsTargetId=0&amp;isMobile=False\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On the sign in page<\/a>, click \u201cSign Up\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Enter UnivWa in the Employer Username field.<\/li>\n<li>Enter 4Backup in the Employer Password field.<\/li>\n<li>Create your personal Bright Horizons username and password.<\/li>\n<li>Enter your family\u2019s information.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Students who are not GAIP-eligible: To register for backup care, email <a href=\"mailto:childcare@uw.edu\">childcare@uw.edu<\/a> requesting access to Bright Horizons backup care. Include your name, UW NetID, preferred email, phone number and your UW student ID number in your message.<\/p>\n<p>If you have problems registering, call Bright Horizons at 877-242-2737.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requesting care<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve registered, you will receive instructions about how to request your backup care.<\/p>\n<p>If in-home or in-center care are unavailable, out-of-network reimbursable care will allow you to secure care from within your own personal network (a neighbor, friend, or babysitter) and receive a reimbursement of $100 per day.<\/p>\n<p>Backup care cancellations must be made 24 hours prior to the date of care to avoid charges. If you need to cancel your appointment, do so before 5 p.m. on the day prior to your scheduled care. If you cancel after this deadline, you\u2019ll be billed for all the hours you originally scheduled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With multiple care options and 5 annual uses, Bright Horizons can help your family manage gaps in childcare anywhere in the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":818,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-867","page","type-page","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","search_bucket-page"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bright Horizons backup care - WorkLife<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With multiple care options and 5 annual uses, Bright Horizons can help your family manage gaps in childcare anywhere in the nation.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/backup-care\/bright-horizons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bright Horizons backup care - WorkLife\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With multiple care options and 5 annual uses, Bright Horizons can help your family manage gaps in childcare anywhere in the nation.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/backup-care\/bright-horizons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WorkLife\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-02T16:31:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/backup-care\/bright-horizons\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/backup-care\/bright-horizons\/\",\"name\":\"Bright Horizons backup care - WorkLife\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-03T00:54:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-02T16:31:28+00:00\",\"description\":\"With multiple care options and 5 annual uses, Bright Horizons can help your family manage gaps in childcare anywhere in the nation.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/backup-care\/bright-horizons\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/backup-care\/bright-horizons\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/backup-care\/bright-horizons\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Child care and caregiving\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Child care benefits &#8211; all ages\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Backup care\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/backup-care\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Bright Horizons backup care\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/\",\"name\":\"WorkLife\",\"description\":\"UW\u2019s Office of WorkLife aims to support and promote a healthy life at work, offering a variety of resources to employees which often extend to spouses, partners, and dependents.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bright Horizons backup care - WorkLife","description":"With multiple care options and 5 annual uses, Bright Horizons can help your family manage gaps in childcare anywhere in the nation.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/backup-care\/bright-horizons\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bright Horizons backup care - WorkLife","og_description":"With multiple care options and 5 annual uses, Bright Horizons can help your family manage gaps in childcare anywhere in the nation.","og_url":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/backup-care\/bright-horizons\/","og_site_name":"WorkLife","article_modified_time":"2025-07-02T16:31:28+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/backup-care\/bright-horizons\/","url":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/backup-care\/bright-horizons\/","name":"Bright Horizons backup care - WorkLife","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-12-03T00:54:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-02T16:31:28+00:00","description":"With multiple care options and 5 annual uses, Bright Horizons can help your family manage gaps in childcare anywhere in the nation.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/backup-care\/bright-horizons\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/backup-care\/bright-horizons\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/backup-care\/bright-horizons\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Child care and caregiving","item":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Child care benefits &#8211; all ages","item":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Backup care","item":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/child-care-and-caregiving\/benefits\/backup-care\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Bright Horizons backup care"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/#website","url":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/","name":"WorkLife","description":"UW\u2019s Office of WorkLife aims to support and promote a healthy life at work, offering a variety of resources to employees which often extend to spouses, partners, and dependents.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1954,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/867\/revisions\/1954"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/worklife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}