WorkLife began with one question that had been around campus for several years, childcare.  In January 1990, a solution was formulated to not only provide the university with a cost effect response to the problem, but also to offer a variety of flexible options for employees as well as students. 

The program's modest beginnings focused on providing child care resource and referrals (R&R) to university families.  The overwhelming response to the program led to the decision to make WorkLife Programs an intricate part of University Human Resource Services in 1992.  

Since then, WorkLife has successfully recognized and responded to the diverse needs of the university community through the continued referrals to child care providers as well as through such services as elder care R&R, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and relocation information.