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Tigers with Cubs is a student organization for Princeton graduate students and postdocs with or expecting children. The group hosts events for families, hosts a website and listserv A resource for Graduate for graduate students and postdocs with children to connect with one another and to Students expecting a child share resources http://www.princeton. edu/~tigerswc/.
All of the enclosed family focused resources can also be found on the Graduate School website at: http://gradschool.princeton. Office of the Dean of the Graduate School edu/life-princeton/support-resources/ Clio Hall family-focused-initiatives. (609)-258-3028 gradschool.princeton.edu/life-princeton Child Care Access to Carebridge Student Child Care Assistance Program Princeton University has contracted with the This program provides taxable grants, Carebridge Corporation to provide confidential based on total, annual household income, to assistance to graduate students for managing eligible graduate degree candidates with pre- work, personal or family issues at no charge. kindergarten children to help them meet the If you are in need of a complete list of accredited/ cost of child care. More information, including registered child care providers in your area, additional details about the eligibility criteria, please visit the Carebridge website at http:// is available on our webpage at https:// www.myliferesource.com/mlro/LogonEx.aspx gradschool.princeton.edu/costs-funding/ and enter the Princeton access code of TW8AE. sources-funding/loans-and-assistance/sccap. Then go to Data Base Directory and select "Find Child Care" located toward the bottom right How we can help University-affiliated Child Care Centers of your screen. You can also call a Carebridge child care specialist at (800) 437-0911 who can develop a personalized referral and verify current The Graduate School has a continuum of There are two University-affiliated childcare rates, hours and other information you may need. programs and policies in place to ensure that centers. Both are accredited by the National graduate degree candidates can meet the needs Association for the Education of Young Children and demands of personal and family life while (NAEYC), which is generally acknowledged to Backup Care Advantage Program successfully pursuing their academic pro- be the most rigorous of the national accrediting grams. Our family focused initiatives include: agencies for childcare centers. Princeton University has partnered with Bright Horizons to provide you with backup care when Childbirth and Adoption The University-NOW Day Nursery is a not-for- you experience temporary disruptions in your Accommodation profit childcare facility located at 171 Broadmead child, adult, or elder caregiving arrangements on the Princeton campus. U-NOW provides that would otherwise prevent you from fulfilling Through the Childbirth and Adoption Ac- a full-day program for children ages 12 weeks work or study obligations. As a graduate degree commodation Policy, enrolled graduate degree until kindergarten. The children of University candidate, you have 100 hours of care available candidates in good academic standing who faculty, staff, and students have priority for for each calendar year. More information is become parents during their regular period of admission. available on the Human Resources website: enrollment are eligible for a period of accom- http://www.princeton.edu/hr/benefits/ modation during which teaching and academic The University League Nursery School is a worklife/backup/. obligations are suspended. The policy provides not-for-profit childcare facility located at 171 for two separate accommodations, and stu- Broadmead on the Princeton campus. ULNS Child Care Centers with Discounts for dents may be eligible for one or both: 1) a 12- provides half-day and full-day programs for University Faculty, Staff, and Students week suspension of academic work and 2) an children ages 2.5 years until kindergarten. The additional term of enrollment and an addition- children of University faculty, staff, and students There are a number of local child care centers al term of financial support. More information have priority for admission. More information that offer discounts for University faculty, staff, can be found on our website at: is available on the Human Resources website and students. To view the complete list, visit http://gradschool.princeton.edu/policies/ at: http://www.princeton.edu/hr/benefits/ the Human Resources website: http://www. childbirth-and-adoption-accommodation. worklife/child/. princeton.edu/hr/benefits/worklife/child/.