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Overview

The Child-Care Benefit is available to Reliant missionaries and employees who need or wish to provide child care for a dependent. Some of the requirements to utilize this benefit include: 

• The dependent is under age 13
• If both parents live in the home, both parents are working or actively seeking work
• Child-care is provided in manners compliant to IRS requirements 
  • (Another dependent in the family is not child-care provider.) 
• Maximum reimbursement allowed is $5,000 annually if the parent is single or married and filing jointly. (Maximum is $2,500 if there are two parents who are filing separately.)  

In order to take part in the benefit, you must enroll in the benefit annually during Open Enrollment or at the time of a qualifying event. These qualifying events include birth, adoption or foster placement, the return to work of either parents or a significant change in income. 

When the Child-Care Benefit is chosen, you choose an amount to set aside each month from your paycheck. These funds are held by Reliant and available for reimbursement of child-care expenses. The

Reliant offers a cafeteria benefit plan, which allows employees to "select" certain benefits they would like to participate in and the Child-Care Benefit is one of those benefits. 

With the Child-Care Benefit, employees will now be able to submit their child-care expenses for reimbursement, using the contributions set aside from their monthly paychecks. The Child-Care Benefit employee monthly contributions are deducted from your paycheck before tax. Employees will submit their child-care expenses directly to Reliant for reimbursement (see details below). These dedicated child-care reimbursement funds are not part of funds applied to normal reimbursements , but are set aside specifically for child care.

For a complete description of the Child-Care Benefit, please read the Cafeteria Form. If you desire to elect the Child-Care Benefit, you will need to also enroll in the cafeteria plan using the form linked to below to sign up for your Child-Care Benefit Employee Contribution. 

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employee contribution. 

Enrollment Form

• 2017 Open Enrollment for U.S. missionaries - demo

FAQ

When are child-care reimbursements paid?

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