Child Care Services

• 260 Student Housing Office
  530-752-5415; baashby@ucdavis.edu; http://www.childcare.ucdavis.edu

Child Care Services is the principal resource on campus for child care information, referrals, and publications and serves as the university's liaison with the on-campus day care centers and the off-campus child care services available through the City of Davis Parks and Community Services/Child Care.

On-Campus Child Care Programs and Resources

• LaRue Park Child Development Center
  (753-8716; laruecdc@ucdavis.edu) and Russell Park Child Development Center (753-2487; russellcdc@ucdavis.edu) are privately owned and operated with university oversight, serving infants through kindergarten-age children. Residents of student family housing pay reduced rates.
• The Center for Child and Family Studies (752-2888), a teaching and research laboratory for the Department of Human and Community Development, offers part-time programs for children aged six months to five years. Children are selected from a waiting list according to criteria designed to meet academic goals.
• The UC Davis Breastfeeding Support Program provides lactation sites with electric breast pumps, registration and orientation sessions, and sales of breastfeeding supplies for mothers who wish to continue breastfeeding their infants after returning to school or work. Call 752-5415 for information.
• The Women's Resources and Research Center (752-3372) sponsors the Child Emergency Notification Service, which offers schools and child care providers a way to contact student parents in class if their child has a health-related emergency.
• The Student Employment Center (752-0520) posts listings for parents seeking license-exempt providers.

Community Child Care Programs

• City of Davis Parks and Community Services/Child Care
  604 Second Street
  Davis, CA 95616
  530-757-5691;
  http://www.city.davis.ca.us/city/parks/child/index.htm

City of Davis Parks and Community Services/Child Care maintains information on licensed family child care homes, day care centers, nursery schools, playgroups, support groups, and other family-related services for Yolo County. Additional services include parenting workshops and handouts; a bimonthly newsletter; a parenting resource library; and a book, video and toy lending library. The program provides referrals to licensed family child care homes and administers the UC Davis Child Care Subsidy Program and the Child Care Grant, both of which can help low-income families pay for child care. Applications for subsidies are available at the grant office (600 A Street, 757-5695).

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