Child Care Resources
Parenting Resources
Lactation Rooms are located on our campus maps.
Redwood Campus Student Center and Gym (U Building)
Redwood Campus Map
Riverside Campus Higher Education Center (HEC-316)
Riverside Campus Map
Table Rock Campus (TRC-A-179 and TRC-C-252)
Table Rock Campus A Building
Parents and Families Club
We are focused on students that are parents and families of all types. We support student success by offering opportunities for connection, networking, and resources as well as fun.
Contact: President - Lynne Hamblin, [email protected]
Title IX Pregnancy Info:
- Excuse absences due to pregnancy or childbirth for as long as your doctor says it is necessary.
- Allow you to return to the same academic and extracurricular status as before your medical leave began, which should include giving you the opportunity to make up any work missed while you were out.
- Ensure that teachers understand the Title IX requirements related to excused absences/medical leave. Your teacher may not refuse to allow you to submit work after a deadline you missed because of pregnancy or childbirth. If your teacher’s grading is based in part on class participation or attendance and you missed class because of pregnancy or childbirth, you should be allowed to make up the participation or attendance credits you didn’t have the chance to earn.
- Provide pregnant students with the same special services it provides to students with temporary medical conditions. This includes homebound instruction/at-home tutoring/independent study.
Child Care Resources
Expanded Employment Related Day Care (ERDC) benefits for students!
Students no longer need to work to qualify for child care assistance. Plus, all students will receive additional child care hours each week for study time. Many families will qualify for more child care hours due to a change in the way part-time and full-time coverage is calculated. Families with night shift jobs, caretakers on medical leave, and people caring for someone outside their household may also qualify for expanded ERDC benefits.
Click here for more information.
Click here to sign up for ERDC.
Child Care Works
Whether you’re an existing child care provider looking for additional support, a potential provider looking to turn your talent into a profitable business, or a community advocate in need of resources to promote affordable and accessible child care, you’ll find what you need here.
211INFO CHILD CARE: 211info Child Care provides free, customized referrals to child care providers and strategies for finding quality child care in Oregon.
Click here for information and resources on finding quality child care.
To speak with a Parent Educator about child care resources:
CALL 211 or 866-698-6155
TEXT keyword "children" or "niños" to 898211 (TXT211)
EMAIL [email protected]
HOURS Monday-Friday 7:00 a.m.- 11:00 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday 8:00 a.m.- 8:00 p.m.
Click here to search for child care providers online.
Oregon Paid Leave
If you have worked at one place for over 90 days and have made over $1,000 from that employment, you’re already paying in to Paid Leave Oregon, and you qualify. Please see the website for details about family leave, medical leave, safe leave, and pre-placement leave for fostering a child. Additional details at the State of Oregon Website: Paid Leave for Oregon Workers document.
How to Apply for Paid Family Leave
Local Resources
Preschool Finder
Does your family qualify for free preschool? Southern Oregon Education Service District has waitlists as well as a lottery system, and if you live in Wolf Creek there may be openings now or very soon. More info can be found on the bilingual Preschool Finder Flyer.
Jackson County Child Care Centers
Josephine County Child Care Centers
Head Start and Early Head Start
Southern Oregon Child Care Resource Network
ONE.Oregon.gov for Employment Related Daycare
Illinois Valley Boys & Girls Club
Employment Related Day Care (ERDC)
The Employment Related Day Care program helps working families pay for child care, including registration fees. ERDC is a subsidy program. This means families may pay part of the child care cost, called a copay. ERDC works with partners to help families find quality child care.
Growing Together
Need classes for children? Need to access a diaper closet? Check out Growing Together Family Community Center Grants Pass Playgroups at the Family Community Center in Grants Pass.
Oregon Department of Human Services
Oregon Department of Human Services offices also have newborn diapers available for distribution to Oregonians, and no eligibility requirements are needed for Oregonians to access this resource. For more information, contact Mayde Duran Bencomo, Community Partnership Coordinator, Oregon Department of Human Services, [email protected], 458-209-1425.
The Oregon Student Childcare Grant Program was established through the Office of Student Access and Completion to assist parents enrolled in postsecondary education obtain safe, dependable care that supports their children's development while allowing completion of the parent's academic programs.