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 standard budget expenses. All other students needing family Payment Agreements: If you are unable to accommodations are placed on a waitlist and pay your rent in full by the 1st of the month, it assigned based on date of application, facility may be possible to enter into an alternative and apartment preference, date housing is payment arrangement with the Accounts desired, and apartment availability. There is no Receivable Office in Housing. Payment guarantee that accommodations will be agreements are limited to one per quarter. available to students on the waitlist. With proper documentation, they will be able to assist you in some instances. Individual Paying for Rent circumstances may vary and students are encouraged to come in and discuss their If rental prices seem to be out of your price situation with them. range, you may cover this expense with your A payment agreement extends the due financial aid disbursement. If you do not have date for your payment without the penalty of enough financial aid, you may look into these late fees or the three-day notice that can result options: from non-payment of fees. Asking for a payment agreement creates a new payment Financial Aid Budget Increase: If rent is more contract for you that will allow you to pay in than what you are allotted in your financial aid installments. You must pay a reasonable budget, you can apply for a budget increase by portion of your month's rent by the due date, filling out the current academic year Housing and pay the rest throughout the month, Adjustment Form and submitting it to the depending on your new contract. Financial Aid Office (FAO). Take all paperwork to the FAO, along with a brief statement For more information, please contact the explaining your special circumstance. Make Housing Office at (310) 206-7011. sure you explain to the financial aid counselor that you are a parenting student Before meeting with a Housing representative, petitioning for an increase in your rental prepare the following: budget. The form can be found here: 1. Bruin ID card http://www.financialaid.ucla.edu/Forms-and­ 2. Any financial aid documentation Publications 3. Any documentation of financial hardship Although this form states that the maximum 4. Most recent paycheck stub increase a student may receive for rent is 5. Employer's info (name, address and $200.00 a month, parenting students may phone number) petition for more. Payment agreements after students have For undergraduates, the standard budget moved in must be arranged in-person. The expense for rent is around $770 per month for Accounts Receivable Office is located on the off-campus. For graduates, the standard rent first floor of Sproul Hall, which is adjacent to expense is around $1,086 per month. the Northwest Campus Auditorium. Office hours are posted on the following link: Important Note: Any approved housing budget http://www.housing.ucla.edu. add-ons will be funded with loans. Federal regulations require that all loans offered must 4IUCLA SwD Guide '16-17 Section 8: Section 8 vouchers are accepted at University Village. Please work with the UV Be prepared to make quick decisions about Manager to discuss the process of utilizing and transfers. Normally, you are given 24 - 48 processing your Section 8 information. hours to decide to accept a transfer when offered due to the high-demand. If you accept, Additional Family Members Living in families are usually requested to move into University Village their new residence within the current rental month and before the start of the following Since July 2008, a new policy has been adopted rental month. which states that University Village residents are allowed to have up to two immediate adult Accommodations for Students with family members (siblings or parents) as guests Disabilities for up to a year. Your guests will be given their own keycards for the duration of their stay, Students should contact the Office for Students and they must carry an ID with their picture at with Disabilities (OSD) at (310) 825-1501 or all times. The first month of your guests' stay (310) 206-6083 (TDD) or visit the following web will be free of charge, but an additional $50.00 site: http://www.osd.ucla.edu. OSD will submit a month for rent will be charged for the a recommendation on behalf of the student to preceding months. the Assignment Office.

University Apartments South Transfers Students and their children with disabilities or other special needs can be accommodated in Student families who are currently residing in most but not all of our facilities. The any University Apartments South complex are Assignment Office staff work closely with OSD eligible to request to transfer after residing in to coordinate the student's assignment their unit for at least six months. You may process. The OSD acts as the student's liaison request to transfer from one complex to and assists in identifying the most appropriate another or from one unit type to another. You facility and room type to meet the may only ask for a lateral transfer (different documented needs. apartment, same unit type) to another complex but not within.

Any requests to transfer to a smaller unit will depend on the occupancy restrictions for the number of individuals residing in your apartment and the age and gender of any dependent children you have. Housing in the Community

A transfer request can be initiated by visiting Students who prefer to live away from campus the University Apartments Rental Office or the in complexes not owned by the University may UCLA Housing Services at Sproul. The transfer visit the UCLA Community Housing Office web requests in the University Apartments South site http://www.cho.ucla.edu for listings of are processed only after all the applicants on privately-owned vacant and shared rental units the waitlist have been exhausted, but near the campus. They also have a wealth of exceptions can be made due to increases in information on neighborhood profiles and family size or due to authorized medical estimated rental costs. You can also visit the conditions. Community Housing Office (Next to Sproul SIUCLA SwD Guide '16-17 Hall) for help locating resources. Their phone thoroughly research any schools/child care number is (310) 825-4491. providers before choosing a childcare facility or school for your child(ren). Other families have had success using other online rental search engines like Craigslist, PadMapper, and Westside Rentals. The SwD UCLA Early Childhood Education Program does not work with or endorse any particular non-UCLA affiliated online rental Currently, UCLA offers childcare both on and search engines. off campus through the following three programs: Infant Development Program (IDP), Emergency Housing Resources University Parents Nursery School (UPNS), and UCLA Early Care and Education (ECE). If you are in need of emergency family housing UCLA Child Care provides excellent programs and/or dealing with homelessness, please for children ages two months to six years. Call contact these resources for assistance: (310) 825-5086 or visit • 211 LA County: a resource hotline and http://www.childcare.ucla.edu for more search engine for all California social information. services and non-profits. Website: http://www.21lla.org UCLA Early Care and Education • Path Making it Home: • Contact Information: (310) 825-5086 http://www.epath.org/site/lfYouAreHomel • Operates three accredited (NAEYC) child ess/how-do-i-get -started. htm I care centers: Krieger Center North and • Friends Helping Friends LA: South (on campus) and University Village http ://friend she Ipi ngfri e ndsla. o rg/ Center (off-campus) • Open to students, staff, and faculty only. No application fee for students. • Full-time care only available Monday­ Friday 7:30 am - 5:30 pm year round • Limited tuition assistance for low-income families available. • Care for infants (2 months) to kindergarten. • Developmental curriculum (learning Due to limited space and long waiting lists, through exploration) and science-based parents with preschool age children are urged curriculum to foster critical thinking. to call the preschool or child care program they are interested in prior to arrival at UCLA. The The ECE Application can be found on line at costs, eligibility criteria, quality, and philosophy https://www.ece.ucla.edu/tuition/waiting-list­ vary for each group. application-tuition-assistance. There are two types of tuition assistance for families with at With the exception of UCLA Early Care and least one parent enrolled as a full-time UCLA Education, the Students with Dependents student. In a two-parent family household, the Program, the Bruin Resource, and UCLA does second parent must work or also be enrolled in not endorse any of the following child care order to demonstrate need for care. The first providers or schools. We offer this information type of assistance available is the California as a courtesy to you. Please be sure to Department of Education Child Care Tuition

6IUCLA SwD Guide '16-17 Subsidy, which is income-based. If you believe UCLA Parent's Nursery School you qualify, make sure you submit the Tuition 3233 S. Sepulveda Boulevard, Suite 200 Assistance Request Form and attach it to your Los Angeles, CA 90034-4205 ECE application. The second type of assistance • www.upns.info - (310) 397-2735, Rachel available is the ECE Tuition Scholarship. Please - Graves Director complete Scholarship Application and submit it • This place is a cooperative preschool that with your ECE application. The scholarship is a takes children from 2-5 years old. Open good option for students whose income to UCLA students, staff, and faculty only exceeds the qualification for the tuition subsidy • Housed in University Village on the listed above. Parenting students needing Sepulveda side additional resources to pay for childcare • They have a full day (7:30 am-5:30pm), expenses can submit a "Budget Increase morning, and afternoon program, also a Form," located under the 2014 - 2015 3-5 days a week schedule. Academic Year Appeal Forms on the FAQ's • Need to volunteer in the classroom twice Forms web page. a month for 4 hours each (total of 8 hours a month). UCLA Child Care Resource Program: UCLA • Potty-training not required for two year­ parents are invited to attend a "Choosing Child olds Care" forum, held at noon on the first Monday • Limited scholarships available. of each month at the Bruin Resource Center (SAC, B44). If the first Monday of the month is UCLA Infant Development Program (IDP} a holiday, the forum will be held on the second UCLA Department of Psychology Monday. Child Care Resource Program is a 1620 Franz Hall personalized service for UCLA families only. It Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563 provides child development information and • Website: off-campus resources to UCLA families. The https://www.psych.ucla.edu/centers­ program coordinator is in contact with programs/infant-development-program Westside child care providers and a small • Phone: (310) 825-2896 number of caregivers who will come to your • Operated by the UCLA Psychology home. Department. • The IDP has two primary functions: To UCLA Affiliated Child Care & offer high quality group care for infants Education and toddlers of the students, staff, and faculty in the Psychology Department and UCLA Westwood Childcare Center-Bright other departments on the UCLA campus & To serve as a teaching and research Horizons 10861 Weyburn Avenue facility for the Psychology Department Los Angeles, CA 90024 and UCLA community. • (310) 481-0664 • Accommodates approximately 25 http://www.brighthorizons.com children (full-time equivalents) • M-F 6:30 am - 6:30pm • 3 months to 3 years of age • Developmental curriculum • Two sites: Franz and Fernald • Infants to preschoolers • Operates year-round from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday. • NAEYC Accredited • Accepts government subsidies but limited • Full-time care (Monday - Friday), part­ time 2-days (Tues, Thurs) or 3-day (MWF)

7IUCLA SwD Guide '16-17 • Long waiting list. Faculty, students, and in ADP that can provide childcare services. staff in the Psychology Department are More information can be found here: given priority. Parents may apply as soon http://www.psych.ucla.edu/center-andc as they know they are pregnant). programs/idp/babysitting-resources-and­ requests UCLA Intervention Program- Support for children with special needs. UrbanSitter Partnership http://www.uclainterventionprogram.org/ with SwD Program • In conjunction with Mattel Children's Hospital, they provide educational and therapeutic services which promote Evening class or a paper due? Find last minute development and quality of life for childcare with a free trial from UrbanSitter children and families. through the SwD Program promotion code! • Classes include: Infant Services (birth to Sign up now at 18 months), Toddler Program (18 to 36 http://www.urbansitter.com/promo/uclaswd months), Individual Physical Therapy, with discount code UCLADEPENDENTS. Get a Let's Get Movin' -A Parent-and-Me free trail on UrbanSitter to find and book local Movement Group, Pollywog Pool Play babysitters recommended by other UCLA Program, Developmental-Behavioral students and other friends in your social Pediatrics Clinic. network.

University Lab School - Part of the UCLA Other Child Care and Preschools in Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, we are an innovative the Neighborhood school for children ages 4-12. http ://www. la bschool. ucla. edu/ Connections for Children • We encourage children's natural love of 2701 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 253 learning while also helping them develop Santa Monica, CA 90405 a disciplined approach to their work. • http://www.connectionsforchildren.org/ • Our classrooms and meeting spaces serve - (310) 452-3325 as a laboratory for exploring innovative • M, Tu, Th & Fri. 8am - 5pm ideas about teaching, learning, and child Wednesday 8am - 7pm development. • Non-profit Resource and Referral agency • Through this mix of strategies, UCLA Lab for locating child care in the community. School teaching practices and research Services are free outcomes have been widely shared with • They will locate all the child care centers, schools across the globe. and home day care options in the area that are tailored to your specifications (ex, teacher to student ratio, ages, hours UCLA Babysitters of operation, location, philosophy, cost, etc.). Are you looking for a babysitter that has a • If you receive CalWORKs, connect with a background in developmental psychology Subsidy Programs Coordinator first. If you and is a UCLA student? The Infant are going to apply in person, call them Development Program (IDP) and the first to find out what documents you Applied Developmental Program (ADP) has need to bring! a list of highly qualified students minoring 8IUCLA SwD Guide '16-17 • Contact Maria Avalos or Brenda Herrera (310) 482-3981. Operated through Volunteers of America • Full day, 8-3:00pm (4 year olds only) • Half day, 8-11:30 (4 years), 12:30-4 (3 years old) Santa Monica - Malibu Unified School District Child Development Services Head (SMMUSD) Head Start Programs in Los Angeles: Start - California State Preschool Program • http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc (310)399-5865 • Each program is different. Database • SSMUSD Application: can help you locate preschool in your http://www.smmusd.org/CDS/PreEnrollA community pp.html • They have over a dozen child Early Bird Learning Centers development preschool facilities located 1019 California Avenue through Santa Monica, ages 2-5 years old. Santa Monica, CA 90403 • Some are half day (3 hours) and others • (310) 395-3282 - Lisa Wilson, Director are full day (6 to 10 hours). • http: //www.earlybirdlearningcenters.co • Some accept CalWORKs subsidies and ml sliding scale for low-income families. • 7:00am-6:30pm • 12 weeks to 6 years old (Infant to Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) transitional kindergarten) • Operates hundreds of preschools throughout Los Angeles, ages 3-5. Westwood United Methodist Church • Accept government subsidies. Have Preschool families from all income levels. 10497 Wilshire Blvd. • http://www.laup.net or call toll-free at Los Angeles, CA 90024 (866) 581-LAUP. • (310) 474- 8986 - Linda Bravin - Director • http://www.westwoodumc.org Overland Head Start • 2 years and 9 months-5 years 3615 Overland Avenue • Morning, afternoon, and full-day classes Los Angeles, CA 90034 • Developmental curriculum • Contact Allegra Miller at (310) 836-2340. Operated through Volunteers of America St. John's Presbyterian Nursery School • Free half day preschool for families that 11000 National Blvd. qualify Los Angeles, CA 90064 e 8-11:30 a.m. and 12:30- 4 p.m. Monday­ • (310) 477-0507 - Hanne Overbeck­ Thursday, Friday (parent meetings and Director education) • http://www.stjohnspres.org/sitewelcome • Ages 3 and 4 (must be age 3 by /Nursery School.html November 1'') • Half day program (3 hours) • Ages 3 to 5 years old Mar Vista Gardens Head Start • Offers a variety of programs ranging from 11815 Allin St two days a week to five days a week. Culver City, CA 90230

9IUCLA SwD Guide '16-17 Santa Monica YMCA Culver City Child Development • (310) 451-7387 - Kellie Flemming, • Preschool age 3-5 Director • Full and part day options • http://www.ymcasm.org/index.php?p=ch • K-5 Full day available 7am-6pm ildcarerates e http://ocd.ccusd.org/ • Ages 2 to 5 years old e Sliding scale fee payment options • Limited financial aid available but must apply early!! • Hours are 7:30-6:00pm Child Care Related Resources • Call for a tour, no walk-ins permitted

The Children's Place 235 Hill Street Santa Monica, CA 90405 • (310) 399-6405 • Full day child care and preschool from 7:15am - 5:45pm CareLuLu.com: Search tool for detailed • http://childrensplacepreschool.org • information about licensed childcare • 2.9 to 5 years old providers. Searchable by languages spoken, • Developmental curriculum operating hours, location and more. • $1000 per month (meals included) • Sitter City: Provides referrals for • Subsidies available childcare needs. http://www.sittercity.com/ Westwood Hills Preschool • Children's Defense Fund - 1989 Westwood Blvd. http://www.childrensdefense.org Los Angeles, CA. 90025 • Zero to Three - • (310) 474-7398 http://www.zerotothree.org http://www.westwoodhillspreschool.com • National Association for the Education • Ages two yea rs to five of Young Children (NAEYC) - • Open year-round http://www.naeyc.org • "Socially oriented program" • California Association for the Education • 5 day a week program of Young Children (CAEYC) - • Tours last Thursday of the month, 10am http://www.caeyc.org • Community Care Licensing Division - CHALK Preschool http://www.ccld.ca.gov 2028 S. Westwood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA • www.chalkpreschool.com - {310) 446- 5400 Usually schools of attendance are based on • Do not need to be toilet-trained where you live. The two school districts • Ages 2 to 6 years nearest to UCLA are Los Angeles Unified School • Open enrollment and year-round District (LAUSD) and Santa Monica-Malibu availability Unified School District (SMMUSD). Exceptions • 2, 3, or 5 day a week program and full day are magnet and charter schools (more program (7:30 am - 5:30 pm) information below). • Arts education curriculum 10 I U C LA S w D G u i d e ' 1 6 - 1 7 near the UCLA area. The collaboration enables Below is some general information about local children of UCLA employees and students who school districts. For more detailed information live outside the attendance area to go to four about schools or kindergarten readiness, email public schools near UCLA. Children can be [email protected] for an outline of schools, enrolled in a local LAUSD school: Nora Sterry, the enrollment process, cut-off dates, and the Braxton Elem, Emerson Middle School, and like. University High School.

Pub/it Schools If you spend the majority of your time on campus and would like your child to go to a neighborhood school, TIE-IN may be the Los Angeles Unified School District program for you. SwD will be helped with the {LAUSD) http://notebook.lausd.net/schoolsearch/select "open enrollment" process and given or.jsp information about public school options.

For LAUSD, if you want your child to attend a school To be eligible, commuting parenting students outside of your area, call the school to ask if they must commit to bringing children to school have "Open Enrollment" Monday through Friday even if they themselves do not come to school every day. Below is a partial list of LAUSD schools near UCLA More information can be found at: https://tie­ i ns.gseis. ucla .ed u/. • BROCKTON ELEMENTARY • Christine Shen, Director: CHARNOCK ROAD ELEMENTARY • [email protected] CLOVER ELEMENTARY • • Nataly Birch, Program Coordinator: NORA STERRY ELEMENTARY • bi rch@gseis. ucla .ed u • WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY • PALMS ELEMENTARY Magnet Schools around UCLA • PALMS MIDDLE SCHOOL • WEBSTER MIDDLE SCHOOL • UNIVERSITY SENIOR HIGH To apply for a Magnet Program, you must fill out the CHOICES application form, found at Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District http://echoices.lausd.net. The CHOICES form is (SMMUSD): http://www.smmusd.org/ available in November and is due mid­ December. You may also obtain an application Inter-district permits are granted for the form at any LAUSD school or at any Los Angeles general education programs and are renewable Public Library. annually. Check with the school to find out if they have space available. • PALMS MIDDLE SCHOOL GIFTED/HIGH ACHIEVER MAGNET {LAUSD) For Commuting Students with • UNIVERSITY SENIOR HIGH SCIENCE, Dependents MEDICINE & HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY TIE-INS (Together in Education in • UNIVERSITY SENIOR HIGH ACADEMY OF Neighborhood Schools) is a collaboration BUSINESS LAW/INTERNATIONAL between UCLA and a variety of public schools RELATIONS/SOCIAL JUSTICE

11 I U C L A S w D G u i d e ' 1 6 - 1 7 • UNIVERSITY SENIOR HIGH ACADEMY OF Helpful Links ENGINEERING • UNIVERSITY SENIOR HIGH DIGITAL • Outsmarting LAUSD - MEDIA ACADEMY http://www.greatschools.org/find-a­ • UNIVERSITY SENIOR HIGH HUMANITAS school/3539-outsmarting-LAUSD.gs & PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY • Guide to LAUSD SAS Programs - • UNIVERSITY SENIOR HIGH DIGITAL http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/guide/a­ MEDIA MAGNET guide-to-1ausd%E2%80%99s-sas-programs/ • Guide to LAUSD Magnet School • Edison Elementary (SMMUSD-English Applications­ and Spanish Dual Immersion) http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/guide/a­ • SMASH Alternative School (SMMUSD} guide-to-lausd-magnet-school-applications/ Charter schools around UCLA • Los Angeles Area Independent Schools http://www.laais.org/schools/elementary­ esad.html To find Charter schools in the area, visit the LAUSD Charter School Directory at http://notebook.lausd.net/portal/page? pagei After Schoo/Programs d=33,205130& dad=ptl& schema=PTL EP STAR Program They are categorized alphabetically and by zip code. Communities with corresponding zip After school programming is offered at codes near UCLA are as follows: several public school campuses ( elementary • Brentwood - 90049 and middle). Scholarships are available • Century City - 90067 based on individual needs and availability of • Culver City - 90230/90232 funds. Please contact the camps department • Cheviot Hills - 90064 for more information at: • Mar Vista - 90066 http://www.starinc.org/ • Palms - 90034 Boys and Girls Club • Playa Del Rey - 90293 • Venice - 90291 Offers bus transportation afterschool for • West LA - 90025 eligible campuses. They also offer • Westwood - 90024 homework assistance, child development For cities not listed, look here: workshops for children as. well as parents. http://www.laalmanac.com/communicatio There is a $20 membership fee at Santa ns/cm02 communities.htm Monica locations, but other locations may offer free membership. Consult website for Private Schools around UCLA locations that serve your area. TIPS: Palms Middle School and Palms UCLA Lab School Elementary are included for bus http://www.labschool.ucla.edu transportation program. Please contact (310) 825-1801 website for application information and • Ages 4-12 years old programs: http://www.bgcv.org

For additional information about public and private schools, go to www.greatschools.org

12 I U C L A S w D G u i d e ' 1 6 - 1 7 Beyond the Bell The FAO Service Counter is open for walk-ins Monday through Friday from 9AM - 4PM in A state funded after school education and Murphy Hall A129J (A Level). safety program. Operated in cooperation with LAUSD. Care is from the release of Undergraduate Parenting Student Grant school day until 6:00p.m. each school day. Every year, UCLA's FAO Office distributes a Consult website for further information: need-based grant to undergraduate students http://www.btb.lausd.net. caring for minor dependents at least 50% of the time. The grant is usually around $2000 - YMCA Los Angeles $3000 every year. Students must submit the Afterschool programs including: Academic FASFA by the UCLA deadlines and submit Enrichment Program, Teen Club, and formal documentation of their dependents Tutoring and Homework Help. More every year to qualify. If you have any issues, information is included: please contact your FA Counselors or the SwD http://www.ymcala.org/metro /programs /af Program Director. terschool-enrichment. Financial Aid Counselors Culver-Palms: All students are assigned a FA Counselor. It is 4500 Sepulveda Blvd Culver City, 90230 important that you meet and know your FA 310-390-3604 Counselor and that they are aware of your http: //www.ymcala.org/culver-palms status being a UCLA parenting student. Keep them information of your financial situation Westside: and work with regularly to make sure you are 11311 LA Grange Avenue Los Angeles, maximizing all of the aid available to you. To 90025 learn who your FA Counselor is, please visit this 310-477-1511 link: http ://fin a ncialaid. ucla.edu/Contact-Us http: //www.ymcala.org/westside (scroll down the page to see a listing of staff). After-School All-Stars Los Angeles Work Study After-School All-Stars educates, enlightens Work study is a need-based form of financial and inspires young people by providing aid that you earn through on- or off-campus dynamic and exciting opportunities for employment and receive in the form of a success, while cultivating self-esteem, paycheck. The intent of the Work Study leadership and respect to help build Program is to encourage part-time healthier communities. There are a variety employment and reduce the amount of loan of schools all over the Los Angeles area. debt incurred while attending college. More More information can be found at information on the program and how to find http: //www.la-allstars.org/. work-study positions on campus can be found here: http://financialaid.ucla.edu/LeftNavUndergrad uate/Work-Study-a nd-Jobs.

Financial Aid Office TIPS: http ://financiala id. ucla.edu/ • You will find an assortment of on­ campus and off-campus work-study 13 I U C L A S w D G u i d e ' 1 6 - 1 7 jobs in this portal. The best times to • UCLA Bruin View (campus and find Work-Study jobs are in August. community wide): • This listing is updated every day. Be http s: //secure. career. u cl a. e du/Bruin Vie persistent in checking this website as wLogin/Login.aspx often as possible because the Work­ • UCLA Campus Human Resources Study Office gets anywhere from 20 to (careers): http://www.chr.ucla.edu 100 new job listings a day and they • ASUCLA Jobs (on campus change from day to day. restaurant/service industry): • When applying for a particular job, be http://asucla. ucla. edu/asucla­ sure to send a follow-up email a week em p loyment/ later. Departments get flooded with resumes and you sometimes need to UCLA Economic Crisis Response remind them of yours • Always check for deadlines by clicking Team {ECRT} on the Getting Started (Blue tab), then Program Calendar. This team services students who are in • Word-of-mouth referrals go along way - financial distress and are looking for ways to ask friends in class where they work improve their financial situation. Send an e­ and if their department is hiring. Go to mail to [email protected] with your these departments and ask them situation so they can begin to assist you and directly ifthey are hiring. Campus offer as many options to alleviate financial departments that hire Work-Study burdens as possible. The ECR Team also students in droves are ASUCLA, provides a resource guide for students in Transportation Services, the Anderson financial distress at the following address: School of Management, and the Library. http://www.studentincrisis.ucla.edu/Economic • Don't be afraid to go outside your comfort -Crisis-Response level and try jobs that are not related to your major; experience working with A few of the references in this guide include diverse locations on campus can enrich you programs to reduce utility bills, access and your resume. emergency loans, apply for textbook scholarships, and find scholarships for undocumented students. UCLA Career Center http://career.ucla.edu/ Financial Wellness Program 310-206-1915 The mission of UCLA's Financial Strathmore Building Wellness Program is to empower all Bruins to 501 Westwood Plaza confidently navigate their finances in a way Mon- Fri 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM that supports their overall well-being. This program fosters financial literacy skills through Not only can the UCLA Career Center help you workshops, coaching and online educational look for on-campus employment like work efforts. Additionally, we aim to encourage study jobs, but they can also help you find students to know who, when and why to ask internships, format your resume, help you for help. Overall, the program centralizes and practice your interviewing schools, and assist advocates for student economic support you in exploring various career fields. services on campus.

Below are a few places you can look for jobs: 14IUCLA SwD Guide '16-17 Their website offers a wealth of 580 Cafe resources for finances and budgeting. Staff and Free "grab and go" food for those students peer mentors are available to answer who are unable to afford the cost of food. Hot individualized questions. Sara Potter, Director, and cold lunches, snacks and drinks are works closely with the Students with available. You make the selections. Dependents Program and is an advocate for Sometimes, they even have meals you can our population. bring home with you to your families (usually http://www.financialwellness.ucla.edu/ on Fridays)!

Open Monday through Friday from 9am-5pm Food and Sundays from 3-5pm. "Food, Wi-Fi, spirited conversation, and study space." If you are concerned about not having enough Located in St. Alban's Church, 580 Hilgard money to eat, there are resources on and off Avenue (corner of Hilgard and Westholme campus that can assist you including: across the street from Murphy Hall/ located next to the patio tables with umbrellas in the UCLA Economic Crisis Response (ECR} Team Chaplain's Office.) Meal Vouchers The ECR Team provides meal vouchers to Contact Information: students in financial distress. When school is in • http://www.wfsucla.org/contact.html session, only off-campus students are eligible • Facebook: Search Wesley Foundation to receive meal vouchers. All residential Serving UCLA and 580 Cafe dining facilities are closed during Spring Break. Therefore both on-campus and off-campus Food Depot This food pantry is available to parenting students will be eligible for meal vouchers students who cannot afford to purchase food during the Spring break. Meal vouchers can be for their family. They will provide you with an picked up at the following locations during empty grocery bag and you select the food you designated days/times throughout the quarter. wish to take home. Hours are Monday through Visit one of these locations to learn more: Friday from 3-5 pm at University Religious 1. Bruin Resource Center (located in SAC, Conference at 900 Hilgard Avenue on the 3rd B44} 2. Community Programs Office (located in Floor.

SAC, 105) Westside Food Bank 3. LGBT Resource Center (located in SAC, Food assistance is available to families at a B36) number of locations on the Westside. Please contact a local agency for assistance. Community Program Office (CPO) Food Closet http://www.westsidefoodbankca.org/index.ph The CPO food closet is a pantry stocked with p ?option=com content&task=view&id= 70&1te donated food items like canned soups and mid=94 vegetables, instant noodles, bread, and oatmeal for students who need food but are FREE FOOD DISTRIBUTION! 1st and 3rd without sufficient funds for food. The Food Thursdays from 1-3pm - Distributions at the Closet is located on the first floor of the Tom Bradley Family Source Center. 5213 W. Student Activities Center, Room 111 by the Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90019 (near La stairs. Remember to bring a plastic or paper Brea). New clients must register at the center bag with you. in advance and bring proof of residency and

15 I U C L A S w D G u i d e ' 1 6 - 1 7 proof of income. Call 323-692-0669 for more The Department of Public Social Services information. (DPSS): Government entity that overseas CalWorks, Cal Fresh and the MediCal program .. Scholarships Eligibility is determined on a case-by-case basis' and is dependent upon what type of services the student is seeking. Cash aid is listed under The UCLA Scholarship Resource Center (SRC) is CalWORKS and includes additional resources for a great resource for our students. They offer food assistance and Medi-Cal. The CalWORKS free resources to help you find and apply for Program is primarily for families with minor or scholarships, assist in revising and editing your dependent children living in the essays, and provide numerous workshops to home. CalFresh (State) and/or SNAP (Federal) is help you fund your college education. It's best for monthly food assistance in the form of an to make an appointment. EBT Card. The EBT card is used like a debt card , with a PIN# that can be used at most grocery Hannah Nahm has been working on finding stores (and local farmers markets!). This social resources for Students with Dependents. The service benefit is also available to college SRC's number is (310) 206.2875. Their hours students on federal financial aid and working an are 11 am to 6 pm throughout the academic on-campus or off-campus job. Medi-Cal year and 12 pm to 5 pm during the summer. provides medical insurance benefits to low­ They are located in 233 Covel Commons up on income families not covered under student the hill near the residence halls. status or employment. LACountyHelps is a great online tool that can help you determine Scholarships: different health and human resources programs http://ncjwla.org/what-we­ you and your family may be eligible for. Every. do/scholarships/ family situation is different, so do not hesitate Several dozen scholarships for child care, to apply regardless of whether you think you older students, career interest in teaching, may qualify or not. nursing, tv & cinema, etc.

California Work Opportunity and Responsibility http://www.scholarshipcenter.ucla.edu/ to Kids (CalWORKS) is a welfare, time-limited Scholarships for transfer students. Most program that provides financial assistance to deadlines are in Spring Quarter. eligible needy families with (or expecting) children to help pay for housing, utilities, http://www.scholarshipcenter.ucla.edu/DU clothing, medical care, and other necessary E/Donors Freshmen.html expenses. The program serves all 58 counties in Scholarships for Freshman. Most deadlines the state and is operated locally by county are in Spring Quarter. welfare departments. If a family has little or no cash and needs financial assistance, this Graduate Students: program may be available to provide immediate UCLA Graduate Education offers a short-term help. Families that apply and qualify searchable database for scholarships, for ongoing assistance receive money each fellowships and grants. month to help pay for housing, food and other https://grad.ucla.ed u/fun ding/ necessary expenses. The amount of a family's monthly assistance payment depends on a number of factors, including the number of people who are eligible and the special needs of any of those family members. The income of the 16 I U C L A S w D G u i d e ' 1 6 - 1 7 family is considered in calculating the amount of hours are typically 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 cash aid the family receives. Some UCLA p.m.). With your hardcopy application, students with dependents qualify for you will also want to make sure you are CalWORKS. prepared with the following information: CalFresh was established to improve the o MyUCLA information: Copy of nutrition of people in low-income Schedule of Classes, Enrollment households. It does that by increasing their Verification, Financial Aid food-buying power, so they are able to Award/eFAN purchase the amount of food their household o Copies of all utility bills needs. CalFresh benefits are used instead of (ex: water, sewer, garbage, money at the grocery store. It is also known as electricity, gas, etc.) "food stamps". CalFresh benefits are issued via o Copy of Lease Agreement an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card. There o Copy of Driver's License, Copy of is a pre-screening tool you can use online to Social Security Card, Copy of verify if you are eligible for Cal Fresh. UCLA ID Card (you also need to provide this for your spouse if The nearest DPSS office to UCLA is the Rancho you are married) Park office (corner of Pico and Sepulveda) o Copy of Child(ren)'s birth 11110 W. Pico Boulevard certificate and Social Security Los Angeles, CA. 90064 Card (310) 481-4018 The BRC is happy to help you make • Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM- 5:00 PM copies of these items for you so you are • CalWORKS prepared with your DPSS visit. • CalFresh (Foodstamps) • US Postal Service: You can mail • Medi-Cal materials to: Dept. of Social Services, Attn: CalFresh, 1110 W. Pico Blvd., Los You can apply multiple ways for DPSS Angeles, CA 90064. This is not benefits. Feedback from our students who have recommended though. previously applied say that they have had the most success and fastest response with GAIN The GAIN program provides applying either on line or in-person. employment-related services to CalWORKS • Online: You can find the online participants to help them find employment, application here. The system will stay employed, and move on to higher paying prompt you to create a jobs, which will ultimately lead to self­ YourBenefitsNow! account. sufficiency and independence. Ca!WORKS • In-Person: Hardcopy applications can be participants receive GAIN services in the GAIN found at your nearest DPSS or in the Regional offices. It is mandatory for all Bruin Resource Center. The nearest CalWORKS participants to participate in DPSS office to UCLA is in West Los GAIN. Often your role as a student will meet the Angeles at the corner of Pico and hour requirement needed to satisfy GAIN. Sepulveda, down the street from the Hours spent in class and whether you go to class mall (Westside Pavilion). It is called the full-time/part-time will be considered. You will Rancho Park #60 office. It is suggested need to submit your student schedule usually that if you go in-person, that you visit on a quarterly basis. GAIN will approve your their office first thing in the morning to "Student Status" and help with the cost of your avoid long lines and wait times (office books and school supplies. 17IUCLA SwD Guide '16-17 Medi-Cal - Medi-Cal is California's Medicaid program. This is a public health insurance program which provides needed health care UC Health Care services for low-income individuals including families with children, seniors, persons with UCLA SHIP www.ucop.edu/ucship disabilities, foster care, pregnant women, and Health insurance is mandatory for all UCLA low income people with specific diseases such Students. UC Student Health Insurance Plan as tuberculosis, breast cancer or (UC SHIP) is available to all registered UCLA HIV/AIDS. Medi-Cal is financed equally by the students. The Ashe Student Health and State and federal government. If you qualify, Wellness Center provides medical and you will be required to choose an actual preventative care/primary care while you're on insurance plan like an HMO or PPO. Your Social campus. Look in the pamphlet for more Worker can help you with selecting the best information about adding your dependents option for your family. Feedback from our UCLA onto UC SHIPS and the cost. parenting students is that HealthNET is a popular one. Look for the welcome packet and All registered UCLA students are eligible to use list of primary care doctors that you will be the Ashe Center services regardless of required to choose. insurance type; however, with SHIP, most services are prepaid.

CALWORKS/GAIN Paperwork Students with SHIP should use the Ashe Center when they need routine or urgent, non­ CalWORKS/GAIN services can be accessed emergency medical care and are within 50 through the Bruin Resource Center (BRC) and miles of UCLA; on occasions when the Ashe Academic Advancement Programs (AAP) Office Center is closed, Nurseline {866} 704-8660 is (Carina Salazar and Eric Wells are the main AAP available to all registered UCLA students Professional Counselors that assist students seeking advice and information. with completing DPSS paperwork). The BRC is a department of Student Affairs and can assist UC SHIPS includes, but is not limited, covered student parents with the application and visits with Ashe Specialty consultants, health verification process. We have coordinated clearances, immunizations, labs, optometry, efforts with the local DPSS offices to provide our radiology, travel visits, and pharmacy staff with the necessary skills to better assist prescriptions. students with paperwork verification The Ashe Center contact information is needs. We are available to answer questions www.studenthealth.ucla.edu (310) 825-4073 regarding case management, advocate on student's behalf, and provide additional UC Health Care for Dependents resources. If you are in need of health insurance for your Students still eligible for GAIN can request Book dependents, go to the Student Health website Reimbursement forms for basic school supplies listed above, click on the "Insurance" tab at the by coming to the BRC. Make sure to let your top, then the "Dependent Coverage" tab on caseworker know that you attend UCLA, which the left hand side. Undergraduate, graduate is on a quarter system. and professional students who are enrolled in UC SHIP have the option to enroll eligible dependents in a voluntary insurance plan. The 18 I U C L A S w D G u i d e ' 1 6 - 1 7 plan provides Anthem Blue Cross PPO medical and location to verify eligibility. Call (310) 825- insurance with the option to purchase Delta 0867 to see which doctors accept Medi-Cal. Dental benefits. Fees are based on a quarterly basis. California Kids: http://www.californiakids.org/ or (818) 461- If you are expecting and have UCSHIPs or 1400 GSHIPS, you are eligble to enroll in the Future Healthcare for children up to age 19 who are Moms Program (the link is found on the not eligible for Medi-Cal or Healthy Families. Dependent Coverage page on the website). $4 to $12 per month per child, varies by county

Alternate Insurance Resources Access for Mothers and Infants (AIM): http://www.aim.ca.gov/Home/default.aspx It's important to do your research on a variety or call 800 433-2611 of health care options for your family. Free for low-income women not more than 30 weeks pregnant at date of application • Affordable Health Care Act/Covered California: http://www.coveredca.com • Additional options can be found here: Health Insurance for http://www.studenthealth.ucla.edu/Fo International Students rmsDocuments/AlternatelnsuranceRes ources.pdf Gateway USA Program: http://www.gatewayplans.com/ No Cost & Low Cost Health Care Health Care coverage for non-US citizens and international students with dependents Venice Family Clinic (310) 392-8636 Mental Health http://www.venicefamilyclinic.org/ UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services Venice Family Clinic has many locations in the (CAPS) http://www.counseling.ucla.edu Venice/Culver City/ Santa Monica area, conveniently near UCLA and its family housing If you are in need of counseling and have UCLA complexes. You can access services to this low­ SHIP health insurance, you are eligible to see a cost to no-cost clinic by making an therapist for free up to ten visits, and appointment with the call center. This clinic participate in the various support groups, also provides assistance with no-cost health free. If you have outside insurance, you can insurance enrollment. see a CAPS counselor and/or participate in the support groups for $15.00 each visit. MediCal: MediCal is one of the most popular options for Beyond your ten visits to CAPS, your therapist our low-income UCLA families, which provides can refer you to long-term therapy on campus free or low-cost health coverage. Families can at a cost of $15.00 per visit with SHIPS apply through Covered California. insurance. Prices are different depending on what other outside insurance you have. CAPS Please note that LA Care Health Plan is the also offers numerous support groups including MediCal Plan accepted by UCLA Pediatrics. one for students with dependents, Latinas, Always verify by calling the provider, doctor Asian Americans, LGBT, grief and loss, divorcing families, anxiety, shyness, domestic 19IUCLA SwD Guide '16-17 violence, dissertation groups, etc. Look for the • Haines Hall, 3rd Floor most updated brochure of Therapy Group • Student Activities Center, B-Level Offerings on the CAPS website. • Murphy Hall-A279 • Franz Hall (2nd Bldg) 1268 Alcohol & Drug Recovery Meetings and • Wilshire Center-111h Floor Support at UCLA • Fielding School of Public Health http://www.bruins4recovery.com/ • Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Self-Help Library Resources: UCLA Recreation offers aquatics courses for http://www.counseling.ucla.edu/Self-Help-Lab­ Pre/Post Natal parents, open to everyone in and-Library the UCLA community. Contact Sales & Service at 310-82503701 and ask about Pre/Post Natal Pregnancy Resources Water X classes. UC Ship-insured students are covered for prenatal care, delivery, and/or elective University Village Community Center offers its abortion. Contact your provider for more residents Pre/Post Natal Yoga Classes at the UV details. Community Center. For more information contact Community Center Coordinator Medi-Cal If you are pregnant, the Medi-Cal [email protected] Program provides free or low-cost pregnancy­ related health care coverage for low-income UCLA's The Birth Place, Westwood offers women. You may receive these services from a childbirth, breastfeeding, (-section, Infant CPR, Medi-Cal doctor of your choice. You may apply Mother-Infant support groups and more. at the local DPSS Office. Call the toll-free Patients who deliver at The Birth Place pay a number at 1 (866) 613-3777 for a mail-in reduced fee for these courses, but most are application. Applications are also available at open to everyone. Check with your healthcare many neighborhood clinics and hospitals. provider to see if these courses might be covered. Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles http ://birth p Iace. u cla h ea Ith. o rg/ cl ass-sch ed u Ie committed, professional staff provides high­ quality, affordable sexual and reproductive La Leche League of Los Angeles offers support health care for men, women, and teens. groups and free monthly meetings at various https://www.plannedparenthood.org/health­ locations on the Westside. Free phone support center/ a II/al 1/90025 is available, check website for information. http://lalecheleaguelawestside.org/ Birth and Lactation Support • Westwood Toddler Group: 2nd Saturday af the month -10:00 AM to 11:00 AM 10919 Wellworth Ave, Los Angeles On Campus Lactation Rooms are available at CA 90024 Contact Sharon (818) 445- various locations across campus. Breastfeeding is allowed anywhere on campus. Lactation 0950 room maps are available at the Bruin Resource • Santa Monica Morning: 2nd Friday of the Center in Student Activities Center, B44. month -10 AM to 11:00 AM 1119 For assistance in finding/securing additional Broadway #D, Santa Monica CA 90404 lactation spaces, please contact Contact 310)819-0408 [email protected] • Santa Monica Evening: 4th Wednesday of the month - 7 PM to 8 PM Gan

20 I UC LA S w D G u id e ' 1 6 - 1 7 Israel Preschool, 1341 9th St., Santa (310) 825-5619 or email Monica 90401 Contact Hedi (310) 819- [email protected] for more information. 0408 • Venice Group: Rotating Saturdays please contact Katie for exact date - 10 AM The Art of Nursing Birth Center, Are you looking for information about the 3013 Washington Blvd., Marina Del Rey types of programs and resources available to 90292 Contact Katie at (310) 804-8901 UCLA students who have children in grades or [email protected] kindergarten to 12th grade? This website has information on several dozen organizations The Pump Station, Santa Monica that work with youth Offers classes and support groups for new http://www.k12outreach.ucla.edu/ moms, breastfeeding support, and Mommy & Me classes, in addition to supplies and Child-Friendly Museums resources relating to post-natal needs. Below is list of local museums that open to http://www.pumpstation.com/breastfeeding/s the community for free. Please call ahead upport-groups.html to verify "free" days.

UC SHIP Plus: Dental Care Monthly Free Museum Days • Page Museum, La Brea Tarpits (1st Undergraduates have the option of upgrading Tuesday) their UC SHIPS to UC SHIPS Plus which adds • Natural History Museum (1st dental insurance. For graduate students who Tuesday-Additional days for enroll in GSHIP (Graduate Student Health September -check website for dates) Insurance), dental insurance is already • Huntington Library, (1st Thursday, included. tickets required) • Norton Simon Museum (1st Friday, UCLA Dental Student General 6-9 p.m.) Clinic • Pasadena Museum of California Art (1st Friday) (310) 825-2337 or (310) UCLA DIS • Los Angeles County Museum of Art http://www.dentistry.ucla.edu/patient-care (LACMA) (2nd Tuesday) • Autry Center (2nd Tuesday) Low-cost dental care by pre-doctoral students • Los Angeles County Arboretum (3rd supervised by a licensed dentist is available. Tuesday) For more information, contact the UCLA School • Japanese American National of Dentistry on the 1'' Floor (Westwood Museum (3rd Thursday & Target FREE campus) or call. Saturdays - check website for dates) • Pacific Asia Museum (4th Friday) Children's Dental Center (Pediatrics) o l

21 I U C LA S w D Gu i de ' 1 6 - 1 7 Weekly Free Museum Days stories, and showcases the work of young • Museum of Contemporary Art builders all over the world. It's full of great (MOCA ideas for the budding architect in your Grand Ave, Thursday 5-8 p.m.) family. Call 1-866-534-6258or sign up at • MOCA Geffen Contemporary http://club.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx (Thursday 5-8 p.m.) • Skirball Cultural Center (Thursday) Home Depot • UCLA Hammer Museum (Thursday) Kids Workshop - Free the first Saturday of the • Long Beach Museum of Art (Friday) month from 9-10 am. Come hammer, nail, • Museum of Latin American Art build, and paint. Activities include building (Friday) bird houses, cars, "house" banks, etc. The • Japanese American National nearest Home Depot is on 12975 Jefferson Museum Blvd., Marina Del Rey, CA (Every Thurs. from 5-8 p.m.) UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Always Free Hammer Museum present Family Flicks - free and family-friendly movies • California African American Museum at Wilder Theatre • California Science Center http ://www.ci nema. ucla .ed u/events/family­ • Olvera Street, El Pueblo de Los flicks Angeles • Fowler Museum of Cultural History UCLA Fowler Museum • The Getty Center ($15 parking) Free Family Programs on Sunday. Check their • The Getty Villa (timed ticket website for new programs. required, $15 parking) http://www. fowler. ucla.edu/calendar /u pcom i • Griffith Observatory ng-fa mi ly-p rogra ms • Hollywood Bowl Museum • Los Angeles County Museum of Art UCLA Planetarium and Telescope Shows (LACMA) (free with Next Gen Wednesday Evening Public shows at 8pm are enrollment) given by current astronomy and astrophysics • The Los Angeles Fire Department students. Content varies, but usually includes Museum (Saturdays, 10-4) discussions of night sky, constellations and • Los Angeles Maritime Museum more! Shows are free! • MOCA Pacific Design Center www .astro. ucla. edu/p Ian eta riu m • Santa Monica Aquarium at the Pier, (Kids under 12 Free, Adults $5) Free Toys • Santa Monica Museum of Art Does your child need toys? The Toy Loan (Suggested $5 donation) Program is a free community toy lending • Travel Town Museum library. They have a range of toys that are • Walt Disney Concert Hall developmentally appropriate for your child, from infancy to adolescence. As an incentive LEGOS for taking good care of the toys, your child will Does your son or daughter like building receive a toy to keep after returning 20 toys in with LEGOS? You can sign them up to join the same condition as they were borrowed. the LEGO Club. They will receive a monthly LEGO Club Jr. Magazine delivered The nearest Toy Loan Lending Service to UCLA to your home free. It has fun activities, is at the Upward Bound House, 1104 22 I U C L A S w D G u i d e ' 1 6 - 1 7 Washington Avenue, Santa Monica, stories, rhymes, songs, music, dance, and 90403. {310) 458-7779. It is open on Tuesdays puppet shows. from 5- 7 PM. http://d pss.1 aco u nty. gov/d pss/toyloa n/d efa u It. This is a great way to meet other mommies cfm and daddies and find playmates for your children. To find out the Los Angeles County Kid's Activities library and story-time programs in your Check out Macaroni Kid to find out kid-friendly neighborhood, check the following website: activities in Southern California http://www.lapl.org/index.php http://go. mad mi mi. com/redirects/53eb3278af 7bf116c2a3a0f50cf618e 7?pa= 761307 4643 Some local libraries near UCLA are West Los Angeles Regional Library, Westwood Branch Savvy Cities - Looking for activities to do with Library, Palms- Rancho Park, and Kaufman­ the children? Savvy Cities gives you a hand­ Brentwood. picked selection of fun and affordable things to do in the city. Their updates are full of ticket Also, be sure to check out the programs at the discounts to theater, concerts, and sports, Santa Monica Libraries; they are about 5 miles along with daily deal travel and events, free away from UCLA and offer an assortment of activities, and more. free activities from Baby, Toddler, and http://savvycities.com/los-angeles/ Preschool story times to more unique activities such as Cuentos para Pequenos (story time in Also go to Red Tricycle Spanish), Crafty Kids, Youth and Family Chess http://www.redtri.com/los-angeles-kids for and Games, Lots of Legos, Cooking Classes, more information about kid-friendly events Mother-Daughter Fairy Tale Tea, Books and happening in and around Los Angeles. You can Bites, etc. http://smpl.org/kids.aspx also look for activities in other cities. Kid Friendly Beaches Westwood Recreation Center offer summer activities next to Aid en's Place Park on 1350 http://www.redtri.com/los-angeles-kids/hit Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles Ca, 90025 th e-su rf-8-kid-friendly- (behind the _Federal Building off of Veteran and beach es ?utm source-contactology&utm med Sepulveda) {310) 473-3610 Pool: ium=email&utm campaign=Los-Angeles­ 310.478.7019. Their 2012 Summer Brochure is Newsletter-2012-05-31 now available. They offer classes in an array of fields for children: mommy and me, ballet, tap, Here are a few kid-friendly spots that will make painting, clay, swimming, etc. For adults, they your trip to the beach a-well, a day at the have classes such as yoga, basketball, fitness beach. and dance classes. The classes are reasonably Annenberg Beach House Santa Monica. Open to priced. the public, the Beach House is a unique community destination. With spectacular views, splash pad, Local Libraries playground, gallery, Marion Davies Guest House, Our local libraries offer free programs for beach courts & fields, community & cultural events, children and their caregivers: story-time for historic pool, free wi-fi, and more, there's infants, toddlers, preschoolers and book-clubs something for everyone to enjoy! for elementary school students, "tweens" and teenagers. Activities for younger kids include Westward Beach, Malibu This lovely stretch of sand is private and 23 I U C L A S w D G u i d e ' 1 6 - 1 7 picturesque. Often used for filming, the large House is so much more than just a trip to the cliffs provide a stunning backdrop for your beach. With a playground, splash pad, pool, family's beach day. Just be advised, this north­ restaurant and tons of fun activities planned all, facing beach's surf breaks shallow and close to summer long, you might not even make it to shore, and while the surf is generally not huge, the ocean, Parking rates and activities schedule smaller munch kins and beginning swimmers change throughout the year, so be sure to need to be watched closely, especially by the check their website for updated information water's edge. If you keep your eyes peeled, before planning your visit, The pool is $1 on you may even catch a glimpse of some body Mondays but call ahead to reserve your tickets. surfing dolphins! There is a pay parking lot or Mother's Beach Basin D, Marina Del Rey free parking on the street, just be advised you This fantastic little surf-free spot is just the will have to cart your stuff and your little ones ticket if you are planning a beach day with if you park on the street. The restrooms are toddlers, On the bay, with a full-time lifeguard, generally clean but the lifeguard tower is only and a roped-off swim area, this mommy manned in the peak summer season. paradise might be your best shot for perfecting your tan. It can get crowded on warm summer Paradise Cove, Malibu weekends. Not an everyday trip to the beach, a trip to Paradise Cove will set you back a few bucks. South Bay But the $25.00 for parking or $5.00 per person Seaside Lagoon, Redondo Beach walk-in buys you a day's worth of access to one A surf-free large salt-water lagoon, Seaside of the coast's prettiest spots. This private boasts lifeguard supervision, playground beach is safe and kid-friendly and boasts a host equipment, a snack bar hosted by Ruby's, and of amenities. The food at the restaurant is a large grassy play area. It's only open in the pretty good too and diners can park for four summer and there is a parking fee of $4.00 hours for only three bucks. Check out the tide along with an entrance fee that varies pools, let your young ones swim under the depending on the season. If you have a wide lifeguard's watchful eyes, but be sure to get age range of kids in your group this is a great there early. The beach can be at capacity as option, with the surf-free lagoon and sand for early as 11:00am on busy summer weekends. the tiniest tots and the knock-your-socks-off water slides for your big kahunas. Will Rodger's State Beach, Pacific Palisades Just off Pacific Coast Highway, at Temescal Mother's Beach, Long Beach Canyon, Will Rodger's State Beach has it all: a Another great option if you have small huge sandy beach, volleyball courts, a children. Mother's Beach in Long Beach is on a playground, and convenient parking that bay, fully staffed with safety personnel and has stretches it's length. Parking price varies by a great playground. It can be empty on early season so make sure you hit the ATM before summer mornings and a complete zoo on you plan to hit the surf. Speaking of surf, this is weekend afternoons, so be cautious when a great spot to go practice those boogie planning your visit. boarding skills, with a long and low break perfect for beginners. Bay Shore Beach, Long Beach Just a hop, skip, and a jump from Mother's Santa Monica Area Beaches Beach is the Bay Shore Peninsula. Almost Annenberg Community Beach House, Santa guaranteed to be less crowded, the Bay Shore Monica Beach is clean, safe and fun. If you're looking A visit to the Annenberg Community Beach for some solitude, try heading farther south 24 I U C L A S w D G u i d e ' 1 6 - 1 7 down the peninsula where you can probably They also frequently assist students with issues score a stretch of sand all to yourselves. Just a they have with other UCLA departments in reminder, there is no surf on the bayside such areas as housing, financial aid, beaches, so if you have a dude or dudette who harassment, discrimination, ADA compliance, wants to hang ten, these are not the spots for student discipline, and faculty misconduct. you. They are, however, perfect for toddlers, beginning swimmers, and mommies who are UCLA Student Legal Services gives students the made nervous by big waves. information they need to assess their options and, in appropriate cases, will negotiate on Orange County Beached: Worth the Trip! behalf of the student, as well as draft letters and legal documents for the student. Students Seal Beach-(the perfect spot to learn to surf, should make appointments online. There is a body board, or bodysurf) $10 fee for the initial one-hour consultation Sea Bridge Park, Huntington Beach-(tough to with an experienced attorney. find on your first try, but well worth it) Strands, Dana Point They also have monthly Mobile Legal Clinics Little Corona, Newport Beach throughout campus. See below for more Aliso Beach Park, Aliso Viejo information.

LAW IN THE UNION •The first and third Thursday of each month 12-1:30pm legal Services •Ackerman Union, A-Level (by the elevators) Do you need legal advice and assistance? Contact UCLA Student Legal Services for help. LAW AT CPO They are in A239 Murphy Hall, Monday • The first Wednesday of each through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. month from 2-3 pm http://www.studentlegal.ucla.edu or contact •Community Programs Office: 105 them at (310)-825-9894 for more Student Activities Center information. Attorneys, with decades of experience, provide LAW ON THE HILL confidential legal counseling and assistance •The first Tuesday of each month regarding a wide range of legal issues to all from 5:00-7:00 p.m. (Call for currently registered and enrolled UCLA students. exact locations as they vary) Your student fees contribute to this service. Transportation andParking They help students with a variety of problems, including: landlord/tenant relations; accident UCLA subsidizes public transportation on the and injury problems; domestic violence and Culver City Bus (CCB) and the Santa Monica harassment; criminal matters; divorces and Blue Bus (BBB). If you will be taking either of other family law matters; automobile these buses regularly, your best option would purchase, repair, and insurance problems; be to get a BruinGo Flash Pass. It's $33 per credit, collections, and financial issues; academic quarter. If you are a GAIN employment matters; and health care and participant, they should be able to pay for your consumer problems. bus pass. If you take the bus infrequently, can

251 UCL A S w D Guide '1 6 - 1 7 either swipe your card (BBB) or show your card • Marshal ls - 11270 Olympic Boulevard, to the driver (CCB) and you'll be able to ride for West Los Angeles, CA 90025 (310) 312- $.50, half the regular fare. Remember to show . 1266 your BruinlD. • Tuesday Morning - 901 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401 (310) 899- For other transportation options for getting to 1569 and around UCLA, information about public transit, parking, vanpool, carpool and biking options contact UCLA Transportation: Parent Support Groups http s: //main. tra n spa rtati on. u cl a. e du/ The Bruin Resource Center has partnered with Bruin Commuter Club offers incentives for Counseling and Pychological Services (CAPS) to students who take public transportation, bike offer a weekly support to parenting students. or walk to campus. The group meets Wednesday mornings beginning in Fall Quarter, Week Three. For Students with Dependents are eligible for an information, contact the Students with exception for parking permits based on their Dependents Program at [email protected]. need to transport their children to school/childcare. Students must apply by the Spouses Circle, for international students and deadline each quarter and can submit proof of their spouses, along with US born parents and their dependents to the parking office. For spouses, meet every Friday at 11:00 AM. This more information about Parking deadlines: group meets at the Dashew Center in Bradley https://main.transportation.ucla.edu/campus­ International Hall 300C. Contact p a rki n g/students/student-parking- [email protected] for more p rio riti zatio n-p rocess/student-pa rki ng-d ates­ information. an d-d e ad Ii n es Well Baby Center Shopping Well Baby Center is a non-profit parenting and Looking for an inexpensive place to buy counseling center providing affordable clothes, furniture or household goods? All of Pregnancy, Childbirth Preparation, and Mindful these places are either within walking distance Parenting Newborn, Infant & Toddler to UCLA or accessible by Santa Monica Blue Groups. We also have Court-Appointed Loving Bus #1 Discipline Parenting Classes, Swell Baby Music, Becoming Social Outdoor Play Groups, • UCLA Thrift Store (2 stores next to each developmental assessments, parenting other) - 11271 Massachusetts Ave. & consultations, and in-depth relational family 1601 Sawtelle Blvd. and individual counseling services. All our • Salvation Army- Sawtelle and Santa classes and counseling services are provided on Monica Blvd near the 405 Fwy (1 block a sliding fee scale based on ability to pay. More from UCLA Thrift Store) information can be found at • Ross - 3033 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los http://www.wellbabycenter.org/ Angeles, (310) 390-5970 • Ross - 1360 Westwood Blvd Los Angeles, Student Organizations CA (310) 475-8227

26 J U C L A S w D G u i d e ' 1 6 - 1 7 There are hundreds of student organizations LA-based organization that promotes and on campus that will allow you to meet with trains families on non-violent parenting. They people who have the same interests and/or offer parenting classes, support groups, status as you. The link above takes you to a list workshops, retreats, parent coaching, of the registered student organizations at literature, etc. UCLA. You may search for a student organization by typing the name or by Common Sense Media category. You may also enter keywords that Do you want information on if that new "G" may help you narrow your search. movie is really suitable for your four-year- old? http://ucla.orgsync.com/Search What about the latest movie being marketed to your teenager? "Common Sense Media is Parenting Students at UCLA (PSUCLA) is a dedicated to improving the lives of kids and student group that serves as a voice and families by providing trustworthy information, support system for parenting students, education, and an independent voice families undergraduates, graduates and professional need to thrive in a world of media and school students. As a supportive community, technology." It gives ratings and practical they are committed to increasing students' advice on everything media related that's access to and awareness of campus resources targeted towards children from TV shows, and enrichment opportunities. The group also movies, and video games to websites, books, promotes campus and community engagement music, and iPhone apps. that enrich and support students' academic http://www.commonsensemedia.org/new and professional goals. UCLA K-12 Outreach Mothers of Color de Academia (MOCA) is a Are you looking for information about the student advocacy group that is working to types of programs and resources available to build an inclusive environment for parenting UCLA students who have children in grades students on campus. kindergarten to 12th grade? This website has information on several dozen UCLA More helpful Information organizations that work with youth. http://www.k12outreach.ucla.edu/

UASRA Tickets to Events If you live in University Village, be sure to join UCLA Central Ticket Office - great deals on all the UASRA Group on Facebook (University sorts of tickets from movies to festivals to Apartments South Residents Association). It's Theme Parks to Bus Passes, plus info on comprised of residents who live in UV, the upcoming events overwhelming majority who are students with http://www.tickets.ucla.edu/ dependents.

Recreation Parenting Advice & Support UCLA Recreation offers a wide range of Dr. Tina Bryson is a Los Angeles-based recreational activities and services. Our parenting expert. Her free website is full of programming encompasses the competitive, practical parenting advice ranging from social, cultural and instructional aspects of discipline and sharing to temper tantrums and recreational activity. UCLA students, faculty, fostering cooperation http://tinabryson.com staff and eligible alumni affiliates (and their Echo Parenting and Education family members) can access our many http://www.echoparenting.org/ programs and facilities. Classes and access to 27 I U C LA S w D Guide ' 1 6 - 1 7 facilities for rock climbing, swimming pools, surfing, camping equipment, bicycles, and more are available to students and their families. http ://www. recreation. ucla. edu/

Parks Mar Vista Recreation Center http://www.laparks.org/dos/reccenter/facility/ marVistaRC.htm This park is a few blocks away from University Village. See their website for information about summer camp, outdoor movie nights, children's and adult activities, sport leagues, etc.

Westwood Recreation Center http://www.laparks.org/dos/reccenter/facility/ westwoodRC.htm This park is close to UCLA on Sepulveda next to Aiden's Place Park. They have a public swimming pool, summer camps, free performances, children's and adult activities, sport leagues, racquetball courts, etc.

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