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

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.

Update to backup care in 2025: Effective Jan. 1, 2025, we transitioned our backup care program from Care@Work to Bright Horizons to improve your access to the care you need. Your access to Care@Work and the premium Care.com membership ended Dec. 31, 2024.

You have 10 days of subsidized backup care each year through Bright Horizons for when your regular cargiving arrangements for children, adults or elders is unavailable during work hours.

You can book backup care up to 90 days in advance (or at the last minute) multiple ways:

• Bright Horizons website
• Backup Care mobile app (App Store | Google Play)
• 877-242-2737

For more information and eligibility, email the WorkLife Office.

Note: If you use more than $5,000 in backup care and/or dependent care flexible spending account benefits for any 12-month period, the excess will be applied to your wages, as required by the IRS.

Update to family care in 2025: Effective Jan. 1, 2025, we transitioned our family care program from Care@Work to Bright Horizons to improve your access to the care you need. Your access to Care@Work and the premium Care.com membership ended Dec. 31, 2024.

You have access to a marketplace of family education and care offerings with exclusive discounts and savings through Bright Horizons, including:

• Free premium Sittercity membership: Find vetted babysitters, housekeepers, nannies, pet care and more with free background checks.
• Years Ahead elder care resources: Assess the needs of adults and elders and find caregivers, facilities and help with everyday activities.
• Bright Horizons child care centers: Preferred enrollment and waived registration fees at most Bright Horizons centers or tuition discounts at partner network centers.
• Academic support: Discounted homework help and test prep through Sylvan Learning, Varsity Tutors and Revolution Prep.

Sign up on the Bright Horizons website. Once you sign up, use your Bright Horizon credentials to activate your Sittercity and Years Ahead accounts.

The Maryland Family Network’s database includes all Maryland-registered family child care providers and licensed group programs, such as full-day centers, preschool and Head Start programs, public pre-K programs, private kindergartens, school-age programs, summer programs and camps.

The Locate Search tool provides direct access to information about all registered and licensed child care programs throughout Maryland, and shows providers with immediate vacancies or potential future openings. Use the filters to find care that fits your budget, location, and schedule, and search for providers who are multi-lingual, support special needs, and accept financial aid.

Search for child care in Maryland

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.