Eligibility Provisions

In order to participate in the CLBAbenefits program, you must be a compensated staff member of an eligible organization.  Eligible organizations include Churches of Christ, affiliated non profit organizations, and other churches that share a heritage from the Stone-Campbell movement.    Eligible staff includes; ministers, church support staff, missionaries, K-12 Christian school personnel, non-profit Christian ministry organization personnel, and Christian college and university employees.   Specific eligibility rules are determined by each individual entity/organization.

If you qualify as an eligible staff member, you can also cover your eligible dependents.  Eligible dependents include:

• Spouse
• Unmarried children under 19 years of age, including:
• Newborn children
• Stepchildren
• Children legally placed for adoption
• Legally adopted children or children for whom the employee or the employee’s spouse is the child’s legal guardian
• Children awarded coverage pursuant to an order of court
• Unmarried children up to the age of 25, provided they are enrolled in and regularly attending a full-time accredited school, college or university or a licensed technical or specialized school and are dependent solely upon you for support
• Unmarried children over age 19 who are not able to support themselves due to mental retardation, physical disability, mental illness or developmental disability