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BWH Child Care Resources
Bright Horizons Family Center at Landmark
The Bright Horizons Family Center at Landmark, sponsored by
MASCO Services, Inc., serves staff and employees of Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Children’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and
Harvard Medical School. The center, located at 201 Brookline Avenue,
operates Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. excluding
holidays, under an "open door" policy in which parents of
enrolled children are welcome to visit anytime.
The center serves children ranging in age from 6 weeks to 5 years
old. The teacher-to-child ratio meets widely recognized national standards
of quality as defined by the National Association for the Education
of Young Children and the Office for Child Care Services in Massachusetts.
The facility has been custom designed to fully meet the child care
and educational needs of young children. The infant room is a "shoeless"
environment in which very young children can explore their world in
a stimulating and safe way. Teachers in the infant and toddler programs
provide nurturing and love as they gently encourage exploration. The
preschool program is designed to provide not only the same nurturing
and support, but also an environment where children can begin to discover
the world around them through language, math, science, art, movement,
and music.
For more information about the center or to schedule a tour, please
use the link below:
www.brighthorizons.com/Site/index.aspx
Longwood Medical Area Child Care Center
The Longwood Medical Area Child Care Center offers a nurturing environment
that supports each child’s social, emotional, physical and cognitive
development. The center, located at 395 Longwood Avenue, serves employees
and students of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health,
Joslin Diabetes Center, Simmons College, MASCO and the community.
The center is open Monday through Friday from 6:45 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
excluding holidays.
The center serves children ranging in age from 2 months to 5 years
old. A warm caring staff, all certified by the Massachusetts Office
of Child Care Services, address each child’s needs and implement
appropriate, individualized learning plans. Enrolled families may
visit the center at anytime during the day.
The center is a modern two-story building with the infant and toddler
program on the first floor and the preschool program on the second
floor. An enclosed roof-top terrace playground provides an inviting
outdoor play area with spaces for quiet as well as active, staff-supervised
play.
For more information regarding the center or to schedule a tour, please
call 617,632-2877.
MGH Child Care Resources
MGH Children’s Center
The MGH Children’s Center serves the children of the employees
of Partners HealthCare System, Inc. by providing high quality child
care services for infants through five year olds. The Center is located
in the historic Charlestown Navy Yard and is open Monday - Friday,
6:15 am - 5:45 pm, 52 weeks a year excluding holidays.
The program at the MGH Children’s Center is carefully designed
to meet the developmental needs of infants, toddlers and preschoolers.
Attention is given to the growth and development of the whole child,
physically, emotionally, intellectually and socially. The children
learn and develop new skills through play and their interactions with
materials, each other and their teachers within the structure of a
daily schedule.
MGH Backup Child Care Center
The MGH Children’s Center manages the MGH Backup Child Care Center,
which provides onsite Backup Child Care for the children of MGH patients
and employees and Partners corporate employees. This Center, which
is located in the Warren Lobby on the main campus of MGH, provides
a safe, nurturing, age-appropriate fun environment for children when
regular childcare services are temporarily unavailable. Children between
the ages of 15 months and 12 years old may enroll in the program.
Some of the center's special features include an indoor climbing wall
and sand pit, a library equipped with computers and an outdoor playground.
Child care is currently available Monday through Friday, 6:30 am to
8 pm and on Saturdays, 8 am - 2 pm. A rate of $4.00 per hour is charged
for care. Use of this benefit is subject to space and usage requirements.
Both Centers are staffed by teams of professional teachers and assistants,
with a high teacher-to-child ratio. The teaching staff draw on their
extensive backgrounds in early childhood education, their creativity
and their careful observations of the needs of each child to plan
daily activities. Pre-registration is required.
For more information on our daycare services contact the MGH Children’s
Center at 726-5437. For further information on our Backup Child Care
Services, including our Vacation Camp Program, contact the MGH Backup
Child Care Center at 724-7100. Tours of both facilities are available
by appointment.
The Mother’s Corner
The Mother’s Corner provides electric breast pumps in a private
comfortable room, so that mothers can express milk while at work.
Pumps are available at the MGH Main Campus on Vincent-Burnham 4 and
at MGH East, CNY, 7th Floor, Bldg. 149. The rooms are available 24-hours
daily every day. In order to use the pump you will need attachments
that can be purchased in the MGH Gift Shop. If you are interested
in using the Mother’s Corner (or to schedule a brief orientation)
call 726-6976 (Main Campus) or 724-9649 (MGH East, CNY).
Parents in a Pinch, Inc.
Parents in a Pinch, Inc. provides back-up child-care when regular
childcare services are temporarily unavailable. A choice of back-up
care is offered, from the following three childcare settings:
- in-home care is available 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Providers
are screened by Parents in a Pinch for references, criminal background
and health/safety training. Rates are $9 per hour for one child; $.50
per hour for each additional child; transportation fees are $.30 per
mile when the provider uses his/her own car; taxi-fare is required
after 8 pm.
- family daycare services place children in a licensed family daycare
home screened by Parents in a Pinch. The rate is $6 per hour.
- daycare centers are available on a temporary, back-up basis at $6/hour.
If you are interested in using Parents in a Pinch you may pre-register
through the Employee Assistance Program, 726-6976. To schedule back-up
childcare, call 739-KIDS, Monday through Friday, 8 am - 5 pm. Twenty-four
hour notice is appreciated. For emergencies, call 731-7262, 24 hours
per day. Use of this benefit is subject to a yearly limit.
Harvard Medical School Child Care Resources
The Harvard Medical Center Office of Work and Family
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