ISU Child Care Administration

The ISU Child Care Administration, a unit of Human Resource Services, supports Iowa State University families by linking them with programs and services that can help them with their child care needs.  The university child care coordinator is responsible for developing, implementing, and promoting programs and services responsive to the child care needs of ISU students, faculty and staff. The child care coordinator is available to provide assistance to ISU students and employees seeking child care information and services on the campus and in the community. 

Julie Graden
jagraden@iastate.edu
Child Care Coordinator
100 University Village Suite 1010C
Ames, Iowa 50010
(515)294-8827
(515)294-1049 Fax

Child Care Services Available to ISU Students, Faculty and Staff

The following provides information about child care services available on the ISU campus and in the surrounding community.  Each program sets its own policies, handles its own enrollment, and maintains its own waiting list.  Click on each link for more detailed information.

The Center for Child Care Resources (CCR)
 

The Center for Child Care Resources (CCR) is one agency in a statewide system of child care resource and referral agencies dedicated to enhancing child care and family services.  This non-profit agency, serving Boone, Hardin and Story counties helps parents locate professional child care providers through a personalized referral process free of charge to the ISU students, faculty and staff.  Parents will receive information on how to evaluate child care options.

The CCR office is located at 100 University Village on the Iowa State University campus.
 

Additionally, the agency helps child care providers learn more about the business of providing quality child care; employers explore and develop child care options for their employees; and communities identify and deal with local child care needs and issues. 

Jerri Baumeister, Director
jbaumeis@iastate.edu
100 Univeristy Village
Iowa State University
(515)294-8833 (or) 1-800-437-8599

ISU Child Care Center at Veterinary Medicine

The Iowa State University Child Care Center at Veterinary Medicine, is located near the main entrance to the College of Veterinary Medicine. This program provides services for children of ISU students, faculty and staff. Care is provided for infant through school-age children.
 

The center is managed by Bright Horizons Family Solutions, the nation’s leading provider of work-site child care. Bright Horizons is dedicated to providing the highest level of child care by offering young children the opportunity to grow to their full potential through developmentally appropriate activities. To learn about Bright Horizons Family Solutions, visit them at http://centers.brighthorizons.com/iowastate.

The University Child Care Center is licensed by the Iowa Department of Human Services and is accredited by NAEYC’s National Academy of Early Childhood Programs.
 

The center is open from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday and operates year round, closing only for designated ISU office holidays.  Monthly tuition rates have been set to meet families’ needs based on family income level.  The center offers three tiered fee scale depending on gross family income.  A 10% tuition fee reduction is applicable to enrolled multi-child families.

Director
brighth@iastate.edu  
ISU Child Care Center at Veterinary Medicine  
1700 Christensen Drive  
(515)294-2273

University Community Childcare at 100 University Village

University Community Childcare is conveniently located in the familty housing development, on the north side of the ISU campus. The center provides services for ISU students, faculty and staff members.  UCC offers a variety of child care services for infants through school-age children.

UCC offers a developmentally appropriate, multi-cultural learning environment, facilitated by an early childhood professional staff.  The University Community Childcare center is licensed by the Iowa Department of Human Services and is nationally accredited by NAEYC’s National Academy of Early Childhood Programs. 

The center is open from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday and operate all year, closing only for designated ISU office holidays.  A sliding fee scale with reduced rates for income eligible families is available dependent on gross family income, family size, and student or faculty/staff status.

Penny Pepper, Director 
ppepper@iastate.edu
100 University Village
Iowa State University  
(515)294-9838