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.
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.