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Student Parents Guide to UCLA 2016-2017 Students with Dependents Program UCLA Bruin Resource Center Student Activities Center, Suite B44 Los Angeles, CA 90095 310-825-3945 I www.swd.ucla.edu Monday- Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Students with Dependents Program Table of Contents BRUIN RESOURCE CENTER 1 Welcome & Overview HOUSING OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DEPENDENTS 2 UCLA Family Housing Housing in the Community Emergency Housing Resources CHILD CARE 6 UCLA Early Childhood Education UCLA Affiliated Child Care and Education Other Child Care and Preschools in the Neighborhood Child Care Related Resources SCHOOLS 10 Public Schools For Commuting Students with Dependents Magnet Schools around UCLA Charter Schools around UCLA Private Schools around UCLA After School Programs FINANCIAL AID 13 Finanical Aid Office Career Center ECRT Food Scholarships SOCIAL SERVICE BENEFITS 16 Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) HEALTH CARE 18 UC Health Care No Cost & Low Cost Health Care Health Insurance for International Students Mental Health UC SHIP Plus: Dental Care UCLA Dental Student General Clinic CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES 19 MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES FOR PARENTS 23 Legal Services Transportation Shopping Parent Support Groups Student Organization More Helpful Information UCLA Lactation Map person. For more detailed information, visit our website at www.brc.ucla.edu. Students with Dependents Welcome& Overview Program Connect. Support. Mission Achieve. The Students with Dependents (SwD) Program provides caring and personalized support to UCLA students who are parents, guardians, and Welcome to UCLA! As part of the Bruin family, caregivers at the undergraduate, graduate and you have access to numerous resources on professional school level. The program is campus. At the Bruin Resource Center (BRC), committed to helping students succeed, both we provide specialized services and programs as parents and scholars by offering programs to address the particular concerns and needs and advocacy that enrich and support of UCLA students in the following areas: parenting student's academic, personal, and professional goals. • Students with Dependents • Current and Former Foster Youth Overview • Undocumented Students Access to higher education allows student • Transfer Students parents to positively impact their own • Veterans academic, career, and economic outcomes , • Intergroup Relations while also establishing a solid foundation for the future success of their children. The SwD The BRC is here to help students make the Program aims to successfully transition most of their educational experience at UCLA. parenting students to UCLA and assist them We understand that even the most capable through degree completion by providing a student can, at times, feel confused and family-friendly, centrally located facility, and intimidated by the size and complexity of the offering a wide variety of services and activities campus. The BRC helps by providing that encourage both academic and family information, referrals, and support to navigate success. The UCLA community as well as the the university and to connect with the right future generation of successful Bruins benefit campus resource or person within the many from UCLA's dedication to providing resources and diverse social and academic communities and support for parenting students and their of the campus. families. BRC offers a wide array of programs, volunteer The SwD Program Provides Parenting opportunities, and internships to help students Students with ... develop practical life skills to succeed • The Students with Dependents Guide to academically and to their full potential, in UCLA, which outlines detailed college and beyond. Working with partners information on specialized services throughout campus, we strive to cultivate an located on campus and within the inclusive and nurturing educational community that support parenting environment that promotes lifelong learning, students. well-being, and development of the whole 1IUCLA SwD Guide '16-17 • Information, referrals, and support 2. Be a part of the SwD Facebook Group to services that assist with navigating the instantly connect with other UCLA UCLA system. parenting students: • Personalized problem solving and http://www.facebook.com/groups/stud ! guidance through accessible and entswithdependents/. dedicated professional staff and 3. "Like" our page on Facebook to get the student interns. latest updates on events, scholarships, • Guidance when accessing and applying and resources available to UCLA for social services programs like parenting students and their families: CalFresh (food stamps/SNAP), http://www.facebook.com/uclastudent CalWORKs/GAIN (cash aid), WIC swithdependents. (Women, Infants, and Children Program) and MediCal (healthcare). • Advocacy and support through 1it•iU..ii~til•jiit•1~t.ii•)t~ collaborating with other UCLA ttiiiMiiijiiliiJ Departments such as Financial Aid, Housing, Early Childhood Education, UCLA Fan1ily Housing Student Affairs, and with professors and UCLA employers. All housing complexes available for parenting Quarterly workshops to help strengthen • students are located in the Palms and Mar skills and promote success as both Vista area, ranging about 3 - 5 miles away from parents and scholars. UCLA. Family housing is in high demand, so A dedicated space at the Bruin • apply early! For new students, the application Resource Center for studying, relaxing, deadline is June 1, 2016. The non-refundable and meeting other students with application fee is $40.00. Note that a $500 shared experiences. deposit will be required upon your acceptance Bimonthly SwD email newsletters sent • of your housing offer (usually within a week) . throughout the quarter filled with Jf you need assistance arranging the deposit, information on jobs, scholarships, and please contact the BRC immediately after events pertinent to student parents. receiving your housing offer. For the housing A • vibrant and vocal online community application and more detailed information, go of students sharing experiences, advice, to www.housing.ucla.edu or call the and support. appropriate housing office: • Policy work at the university and governmental level to make UCLA more • Housing Services Office inclusive for student parents. (310)206-7011 • A family friendly graduation celebration • Community Housing Office in partnership with PSUCLA. (310)825-4491 • Office of Students with Stay Connected with the SwD Program: Disabilities 1. Join the SwD Listserv to receive bi (310)825-1501 TDD (310)206-6083 weekly newsletters to stay informed • Student Technology Center about important SwD Program (310)825-3400 information: • UCLA Guest House Hotel http://smarturl.it/UCLASWDLISTSERV. (310)825-2923 • UV Rental Office: University 2IUCLA SwD Guide '16-17 Apartments for Graduate and Amenities for Complexes Available to Student Student Families: University Village Families 3200 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA, 90066 UCLA Family Housing was designed with (310) 398-4692 student families in mind and is located within Monday- Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. walking distance to excellent K-12 public schools, grocery stores, parks, libraries, UCLA offers four complexes for students with shopping centers, freeways, and public families. Whether you are a married student transportation. Units include basic Time (with or without children), a single parent, or a Warner Cable and Internet services. There are student with a same-sex partner, UCLA offers playgrounds for children available throughout you several options for comfortable, the secured complexes, as well as barbeques, a convenient, and affordable housing. The swimming pool, and laundry facilities which following four university apartments are enable plenty of community building for available to student families: students and their families. Universit Village also has a gated community and a variety of University Village: This complex was built programming available for UCLA families exclusively for student families, meaning throughout the year. More information can be married couples with or without children, same found at https://housing.ucla.edu/student- sex domestic partnerships, and single parents h o u sing/graduate-students-and-students-with with children residing with them at least 50% of fa mi Ii es/u n ive rs ity-a pa rtm e nts-e l i gi bi Iity the time. University Village (UV) is 3.5 miles amenities. away from UCLA. Bus lines are nearby and $.50 for UCLA students. Rental Rates Keystone/Mentone; Venice-Barry; Rose Rental rates for Family Housing dependents on Avenue: Mixed Use Housing Facilities: Student the complex you live in and the number of families may also reside in these complexes, bedrooms/bathrooms are in your rental. Most although these are not built especially for rentals start at $1200 and go to $1800. More information can be found here: https://housing.ucla.edu/my-housing/rates co nt racts-ru les/u n ive rs ity-a pa rtm e nts- gra du ate-family-students-rates Guaranteed Family Student Accomodations Newly admitted freshmen and transfer students who need family accommodations are guaranteed housing as long as they apply on time (deadline usually by June 1'') and meet all the requirements. New incoming graduate students who need family accommodations and are part of a department allocation are guaranteed housing 3jUCLA SwD Guide '16-17 as long as they apply on time and meet all the be divided equally across all quarters of requirements. enrollment. Check with the Financial Aid Office for current