child care

Child care, parenting and child health/health care are important factors in improving the lives of children in low-income families, according to a new study from the Brown School, which surveyed 211 helpline staff.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton holds a paper chain as a tricycle parade “cuts the ribbon” for the new WUSTL Family Learning Center during the center’s grand opening ceremony Oct. 27. The Family Learning Center, which opened in early September, serves children of faculty, staff and students.

The lottery for the first round of enrollment in the Family Learning Center at Washington University will be held Thursday, May 27. The Family Learning Center — scheduled to open Sept. 7, 2010 — will offer care for 156 children of faculty, staff and students from the ages of 6 weeks to 6 years.

The Web site for Washington University’s planned child-care facility, wustl.edu/childcare, came online Jan. 25. The Web site provides more information on the university’s planned 19,900-square-foot child-care center, which will open Sept. 7, 2010. 

Washington University in St. Louis will open a child-care facility on North Campus by the Fall 2010 semester, announced Henry S. Webber, executive vice chancellor for administration. The new center will offer care for 150-175 children ranging in age from 6 weeks to 6 years.