2027 Open Enrollment

^{Open from October 19 – October 30, 2026}

City Colleges of Chicago is pleased to offer a variety of benefit plans for calendar year 2027 to its eligible employees, retirees, and surviving spouses. Open Enrollment is your opportunity to review and select changes in benefits for next year. Please see the benefit summary guides below for full-time and part-time employees respectively.

All changes are effective January 1, 2027. Employees do not need to re-enroll unless they are:

• ​​​Adding or d​ropping dependents
• Increasing/decreasing voluntary life
• Enrolling in or changing plans
• Enrolling in Flexible Spending Accounts

​If you miss the enrollment deadline, your next opportunity to enroll would be next fall unless you experience a Qualifying Life Event (QLE). 

Employees Enroll Now

Please note: Beginning January 1, 2027, City Colleges of Chicago will transition from Dearborn to MetLife for ancillary coverage: Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D,  Critical Illness, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability.                       

  ​ANNOUNCEMENTS

Benefit Fairs – A "Special Announcement" will be distributed via email to all employees, with the virtual fair attendance link included in the message.

​Event​​​​​​​​​​​​​​s	​​​​​​Dates ​​​	​​​​​Times
2027 Virtual Benefit Fair for NBF, AFSCME, and CCCLOC	Thursday, October 22, 2026	​10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
2027 Virtual Benefit Fair for Local 1600 and Local 1708	Thursday, October 22, 2026	2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
2027 Virtual Benefit Fair for Local 1600 and Local 1708	Wednesday, October 28, 2026	​​10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
2027 Virtual Benefit Fair for NBF, AFSCME, and CCCLOC	Wednesday, October 28, 2026	2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m

 

*You must register in advance for the session. After you register, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.

• Any employee adding new dependents will be required to provide proof of the relationship. Any increases or new enrollments to voluntary life will require an Evidence of Insurability (EOI) Approval.