March 12, 2021

Student Parents: UC Berkeley’s Back-Up Child Care Program is for You — Pre-Enroll Now!

UC Berkeley’s Back-Up Child Care program enables student parents to work on academic projects, teach, or take care of other needs when their usual child care arrangements are unavailable. Registered graduate and undergraduate students with dependent children are eligible for up to 120 hours of in-home and/or center-based care…

September 14, 2019

Graduate Student Parents — How to Apply for State Subsidized Childcare in California

California has raised income limits to allow more children to qualify for subsidized child care. Here's how to enroll.

March 8, 2017

Critical Support for the Student-Parent Juggling Act

Since inception of the Back-Up Child Care program in 2003, approximately 660 students have registered; doctoral and master’s students outnumber undergraduate students by more than two to one.

April 14, 2014

Back-Up Child Care Program on Weekends and during Summer; April Raffle; April 22 Open House

UC Berkeley’s Back-Up Child Care program enables student parents to work on academic projects, attend study sessions, travel to conferences or give presentations when their usual child care arrangements are unavailable. Registered graduate and undergraduate students with dependent children are eligible for up to 60 hours of in-home…

October 11, 2013

Back-Up Child Care: Helping Student Parents to Thrive at Home and at School

This fall, UC Berkeley became the first public university in the United States to offer both graduate and undergraduate parents access to emergency back-up child care. To date, nearly 300 students have enrolled in the program.