UVA Family Support Collab

UVA launched the Family Support Collab (FSC) in June 2021 to better understand and respond to the diverse caregiving needs of our faculty, staff, and team members. This cross-functional group brings together individuals with a wide range of experiences and perspectives to identify challenges, uncover gaps in support, and explore opportunities to strengthen the resources available to employees and their families.

The Family Support Collab serves as an advisory group, providing thoughtful and practical recommendations to help expand and enhance family and caregiving support programs across UVA.

Sponsored by the Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, the FSC is committed to helping create a more supportive, inclusive, and connected workplace where faculty, staff, and team members have access to the resources they need to thrive both at work and at home.

Family Support Collab Accomplishments

Since its launch, the Family Support Collab has worked to improve access to caregiving resources and expand support options for UVA employees and their families.

• Improving Access to UVA-Affiliated Child Care
  • Simplified access to child care center waitlists at all four centers by centralizing care through Bright Horizons, allowing families to select all four centers as preferences in their family account, and eliminating the need to contact each center separately
  • A dedicated Bright Horizons Enrollment Manager now provides ongoing waitlist support by verifying employee priority status for enrollment, meeting regularly with center directors, and contacting families on waitlists to confirm their needs and status
• Expanded Child Care Capacity
  • The Rivanna Child Development Center opened in August 2025, adding 120 new child care spaces for UVA families, and increasing the availability of back-up care options
  • The Copeley Child Development Center transitioned to a balanced-age center in December 2025, serving children from infancy through Pre-K, and adding 44 new infant and toddler spaces

The Family Support Collab has also worked to highlight valuable caregiving resources already available through UVA's benefit partners

• Employees whose retirement accounts are managed by Fidelity may have access to a Wellthy Care Coordinator, who can help research, organize, and navigate care options for loved ones
• Employees enrolled in the UVA Health Plan have access to discounts and savings through Aetna, such as KinderCare tuition discounts, Care.com membership subscription discounts and Cultural Care Au Pair program fee discounts

Resources to Explore

Every family has unique caregiving needs. The Family Support Collab is committed to raising awareness of gaps in available resources, advising leadership of practical recommendations and helping employees connect with support throughout different stages of life and caregiving.

Visit our Dependent Care Resources page to learn more about current programs, services, and benefits available through UVA and our community partners.

Learn More

The Family Support Collab will reconvene during the Fall 2026 semester. Please contact a Collab member to learn more about our work.