The 2025-2026 benefits year at Cook Children’s offers employees a wide range of support for your health, mental health, financial wellness, and lifestyle.
You’ll find medical, dental, vision, retirement, disability, life insurance, leave of absence, mental health resources and much more listed in the Cook Children’s Benefits Guide. The year runs from Oct. 1, 2025, to Sept. 30, 2026.
Click here to see the highlights of what is new this upcoming year, including the Capital Rx benefit giving you the option to fill your prescriptions at Cook Children's retail pharmacies.
Take A Moment to Just Breathe with Relaxing Tunes
A moment of sound and stillness. Come immerse yourself in resonant tones and soothing ambient musical textures crafted live, in real-time, to quiet the frazzled mind.
A simple pause. A return to center. A moment of mindfulness for you to just… breathe.
Three sessions will be held Friday, Oct. 3, in Hochberger Auditorium at Medical Center-Fort Worth:
Noon -12:15 p.m.
12:30 -12:45 p.m.
1 -1:15 p.m.
If you are unable to attend in person, the sessions will be live streamed here.
Latest from Prosper
We have lots of great things happening in Prosper.
Last week wasNational Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Week! Click here to see photos from their department appreciation luncheon at Cook Children's Medical Center-Fort Worth.
To learn more about our wonderful APP's and what their days look like. read an article on Checkup Newsroom here.
Coming up on Oct. 6, IT Security Risk Management will kick off its annual Rock Star Challenge. This year’s Challenge theme is “Stay Safe Online.”
All month long, they’ll be sharing simple, effective ways to help you stay safe online, protect company and personal data, and ultimately secure our world.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a global initiative that raises awareness about online safety and empowers individuals and businesses to protect themselves from cybercrime.
Remember, each of us has a role to play in defending cyberattacks. The fun and engaging Rock Star Challenge activities will provide valuable resources and tips you can use to better protect yourself at work and at home. Details will be shared soon.
Create a Budget and Build Emergency Savings
Having an emergency fund can be crucial when unplanned expenses come along, like a car repair you weren’t expecting. Fidelity wants to help you learn why and how to set money aside for emergencies. The next Fidelity webinar, at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 9, focuses on emergency savings and budgeting for financial wellness.
You’ll earn 100 Personify Health Points as an added benefit of participating. Points may be cashed in for gift cards through the Cook Children’s employee wellness program.
Retirement Announcement
Debbie Durham, Pharmacy Tech II in the Pharmacy Department, is retiring from Cook Children’s on Oct 1.
“It is our honor to recognize Debbie Durham for her 21 years of dedicated service to Cook Children’s Medical Center and to wish her the best as she begins her retirement. Debbie has seen a lot of change here in her 21 years as a pharmacy technician. Her hard work and dedication will leave a lasting impact on the pharmacy department as well as the many patients and families that she’s had a hand in caring for. Best wishes, we will miss you greatly!” – Pharmacy Team
New Benefits Year Starts on Oct. 1
Take A Moment to Just Breathe with Relaxing Tunes
Latest from Prosper
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Begins
Create a Budget and Build Emergency Savings
Retirement Announcement