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UnumProvident's LifeBalance Program:
Resources for Everyday Living

LifeBalance can provide you with information on a wide range of topics/issues including legal and financial issues, older adult and parenting resources, personal and work-related problems, and all the little things that demand your attention each and every day.

Everyday Issues

  • Timesaving services
  • Consumer resources
  • Buying and leasing cars
  • Home Repairs
  • Real estate agents and apartment listings
  • House cleaning

Emotional Well-Being

  • Grief and loss
  • Personal relationships
  • Marriage and family issues
  • Divorce and separation
  • Mental health issues
  • Violence and crisis

Financial

  • Budgeting
  • Credit and collections
  • Online financial calculators
  • Home buying and renting
  • Saving and investing
  • Planning for retirement
  • Taxes

Legal

  • Will consultation
  • Attorney issues
  • Consumer protection
  • Estate and probate law
  • Family and elder law
  • Real estate issues
  • Living wills

Addiction and Recovery

  • Alcohol and drugs
  • Gambling
  • Other addictions
  • Support groups
  • Eating disorders

Parenting and Child Care

  • Adoption
  • Pregnancy and infertility
  • Finding child care
  • Child development
  • Summer and backup care
  • Single parenting and blended families
  • Discipline, setting limits, safety

Education

  • K-12 education
  • Selecting a school
  • Special needs
  • Talking with teachers
  • Colleges and universities
  • Alternatives to college
  • Continuing education

Older Adults

  • Retirement planning
  • Living safely
  • Senior health
  • Living arrangements
  • Paying for care
  • Caregiver resources
  • Living with a disability

Work

  • Co-worker relationships
  • Adjusting to change
  • Management issues
  • Relocation
  • Stress management
  • Business travel
  • Working from home

LifeBalance is Here to Help

When you need help with work, home, personal or family issues, UnumProvident's LifeBalance Program is here and there is no charge when you use it.

LifeBalance has consultants who speak Spanish and offers simultaneous translation into more than 140 other languages, as well as TTY access for hearing-disabled customers.

Call toll-free any time, day or night.

1-800-854-1446
TTY/TDD: 1-800-999-3004
Spanish language phone line: 1-877-858-2147

Website:
www.lifebalance.net
username: lifebalance
password: lifebalance

Telephone consultations - speak confidentially with an expert consultant to help clarify your issue, sort through your options and contact an effective and affordable resource

Dedicated toll-free Spanish language phone line - Helps us to communicate more clearly with our Latino customers. Just call 1-877-858-2147.

Personalized searches and referrals - Our consultants will work with you to develop a list of referrals for various types of services in your community.

LifeBalance Online - Web access to over 200 issue-specific resource rooms, consultants and interactive tools; plus the ability to order free booklets and tapes and view and print over 500 articles.

Online Financial Calculators - LifeBalance Online includes access to 35 financial calculators to help you determine and evaluate such financial choices as what you can afford for a home, how long it will take to pay off credit card debt, how to plan for retirement and more.

Face-to-face consultations - If needed, our consultants can arrange up to three in-person sessions for you to talk with a counselor.

Educational materials - Free booklets, audiotapes, and tip sheets on a wide range of topics.

Tips-on-Tape - Our comprehensive audio library offers you over 500 practical tips on a range of life issues. To access these, call 1-800-815-3710 and use access code 9780.

* For a Unum Universal Access Card, please contact the Office of Human Resources.