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Family Services

Phone
Campus Address
121-50 USB
Mailing Address

121 University Services Building, Suite 50
Iowa City, IA 52242
United States

Welcome to the University of Iowa Family Services. As a member of the UI community, we strive to support you through all stages of your employment journey, whether you recently welcomed a new child, are caring for aging parents, or are a student-parent in need of child care resources.

We want to create a community where faculty, staff, and students can flourish and count on support when and where they need it most.

Financial Well-Being

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The University of Iowa partners with the Horizons Financial Wellness Center to provide employees resources and assistance on topics such as housing, budgeting and cash flow, credit, debt management, savings, and student loan repayments. UI employees can meet with a Horizons financial expert for up to three one-on-one financial coaching sessions at no cost.

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Horizons offers UI employees these services:

  • Up to three one-on-one coaching sessions with a financial expert to discuss money management concerns. 
  • A wide variety of classes and support through their programs, many at reduced fees or free.  
  • An email support program. Email financialwellnesscenter@horizonsfamily.org to get assistance with your financial plan and connect to local resources. 
  • Information on student loan repayment and student loan forgiveness.

Contact Horizons at: financialwellnesscenter@horizonsfamily.org or 319-398-3943.

Learn more about our financial well-being programs and services

Upcoming Events

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Discover Your University

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 (all day)
Discover Your University returns this spring with three days full of opportunity to explore campus: April 18, May 21, and June 19. All faculty and staff are encouraged to participate individually or as a team from their department or unit. Registration is now open for spring events through My Training.

Iowa City Pride Parade

Saturday, June 15, 2024 11:30am
Are you ready to celebrate love, inclusivity, and unity? The annual Iowa City Pride Parade is just around the corner, and we want YOU to be part of this vibrant and joyous event! Let’s stand shoulder-to-shoulder with fellow students, faculty, and staff as we proudly represent the University of Iowa, and show the world that our campus community embraces love in all its forms. Register using the QR code below to secure your spot and location in the parade line up, and receive a free T-shirt (while supplies last). Wear Your Pride, deck yourself out in rainbow colors, glitter, and all this fabulous! Saturday, June 15, 2024 11:30 a.m. (meet up); parade starts at noon Downtown Iowa City (TBD) Invite your friends, professors, and classmates. Fur friends, strollers, wagons, and bikes are welcome! See you at the parade! UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PRIDE COMMITTEE
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BMindful Holy Days: Eid al-Adha (Islam)

Sunday, June 16 8:43pm to Monday, June 17, 2024 8:43pm
University of Iowa Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
BMindful is an initiative that seeks to meet the needs of diverse communities by providing event and conference planners with the dates of holy days of major religious faiths for five years into the future. By providing these dates in advance, BMindful seeks to help planners avoid those dates when scheduling events. BMindful does not include all religious holy days. It focuses on three major holy days for each faith—days when faith members may choose not to go to work or send their children to...