Your Family's Well-Being

Parents need dedicated support at every step to ensure a thriving and balanced family life. Explore childcare options, find educational classes on a range of topics and assistance during unexpected family challenges.

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UCI Child Care Services

The center offers many options to UCI students, staff, and faculty families. Some options are an infant/toddler center (3 – 36 months old), a Montessori school (3 months – 1st grade), and a developmental after-school program for children aged 5 – 12 years old (11:30 AM – 6 PM on weekdays during the school year, 7:30 AM – 6 PM during the summer).

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UCI Parenting Support Programs and Educational Classes

The program offers a variety of educational opportunities to help you navigate parenthood, including classes for expecting parents, new parents, and parents of older children. Various classes are offered on a wide range of topics, including learning how to navigate the UCI disability leave process before going on parental leave, breastfeeding, managing young children’s behavior, saving up for your child’s college tuition, college admissions workshops, and much more.

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Families Forward

The organization is dedicated to helping families in financial or emotional crises to be successful and self-sufficient.

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Back-Up Care & Additional Family Support Program

It can be especially challenging to plan for the unknown or find the last-minute support your family needs. To help, UCI has extended the partnership with Bright Horizons® to offer Back-Up Care™ and Enhanced Family Supports Program™ for all UCI faculty, residents/fellows and staff. 

All eligible participants can access up to 5 days of subsidized back-up care each program year. 

 

Sign Up for the Back-Up Care™ Program. Book Care When You Need It.

Create your no-cost care profile now and find care last minute or up to 60 days in advance. Whenever your regular child or elder care is unavailable, you have access to high-quality subsidized back-up care from Bright Horizons for your loved ones. Through the Back-Up Care™ Program, you can access short-term, highly subsidized, in-home or center-based back-up care.