Who’s Eligible
Only eligible HCA employees may receive assistance through the Hope Fund, based on set criteria. To be eligible for assistance from the fund, you must meet all requirements;
- You must be employed directly by an HCA affiliate as a regular full-time, or part-time employee or PRN working a minimum average of 12 hours per week at the time of the event causing the hardship, as well as when assistance is provided.
- You cannot have received financial assistance from the Hope Fund within the past 12 months.
- Your situation must meet the fund guidelines and meet the definition of emergency or hardship resulting from extended illness/injury, disaster or other situation (such as domestic violence) that is beyond your control. For the purposes of the Hope Fund, an emergency is defined as “an unexpected event or catastrophe that is non-recurring or an unavoidable situation of a serious and urgent nature”.
- The event causing the hardship must have occurred in the past 12 months.
DEPENDENT GUIDELINES
- Only HCA employees can apply for assistance from the fund. When reviewing your application, your number of eligible dependents will be considered. Eligible dependents include;
- Spouse (unless legally separated)
- Unmarried dependent children under age 19
- Unmarried dependent children under age 25 if dependent on your for support and a full-time student (as defined by the educational institution)
- Domestic partner (domestic partners must be non-relatives, of the same sex, over age 18 and share a residence)
