The DC Department of Human Resources (DCHR) manages employee compensation and benefit programs that enable the District to attract, support, and retain a well-qualified and diverse workforce. DCHR is committed to providing you with a high level of customer care in administering your District Government employee benefits.
Contact the DCHR Benefits & Retirement Administration
Phone: (202) 442-7627
Fax: (202) 727-9070
Benefits for Employees Hired Before October 1, 1987
- Health Insurance for Employees Hired Before October 1, 1987
- Information on federal employee dental and vision insurance and flexible spending accounts is available at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management website.
Employees Hired on or After October 1, 1987
- Health Insurance for Employees Hired on or After October 1, 1987
- Temporary Continuation of Coverage (TCC) Premiums
- Dental and Optical Coverage
All Benefits-Eligible Employees
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Insurance
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Work & Life
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Savings & Retirement Plans
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How to Enroll in Your Benefits
For additional enrollment resources, including illustrated, step-by-step guides, checklists and more, please visit our How to Enroll page.
Benefits Eligibility
Benefits-eligible employees include:
- All full-time permanent employees
- Part-time permanent employees who generally work at least 30 hours per week
- Employees with temporary full-time appointments of at least 13 months who are employed by agencies under authority of the Mayor
- Temporary and intermittent employees who work for at least 90 days within a 12-month evaluation period and are paid at least 30 hours per week (or 120 hours per month) are eligible to participate only in an HMO health care plan. Learn more about the Affordable Care Act Expansion.
- Several of the District’s independent agencies also participate in benefits programs provided to agencies under full authority of the Mayor.
Eligible employees may enroll in plans during the designated annual Open Enrollment period or within 31 days of their initial employment. Changes to plans can be made within 30 days of a qualifying life event. Health, vision and dental benefits and life insurance coverage begins the first full pay period after the election; for Flexible Spending Accounts, coverage begins following the first pay period in which a payroll deduction was made to pay for the benefit, other benefits programs may have additional requirements.
Eligible employees may enroll in plans during the designated annual open enrollment period or within 31 days of their initial employment. Changes to plans can be made within 30 days of a qualifying life event. Learn more about qualifying life events.
Dependent Eligibility
If you add family members to your coverage, you are required to provide documentation to verify coverage eligibility for the dependents that you add during the new hire, qualifying life event or Open Enrollment process. When you enroll online, you must also submit dependent eligibility verification. Failure to comply will result in a cancellation of health care coverage for that dependent.
For additional information on enrolling dependents, including your spouse, state-registered domestic partner or legal union partner, child(ren) and/or foster child(ren), please visit our Dependent Eligibility Verification page.
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Medical
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Dental
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Vision
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Family members eligible for coverage under Self Plus One or Self and Family enrollment are:
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Eligible family members include:
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Eligible family members include:
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Coverage Effective Dates
Health benefits and life insurance coverage begin following the first pay period in which a payroll deduction was made to pay for the benefit, although other benefits programs (such as the Defined Contribution Pension Plan) may have additional requirements.