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Whether you are new to Harvard or new to parenthood, you may have questions about child care.
Generally, there are three main options – center-based care, family day care, and in-home providers. This site will give you detailed information about child-care centers on or near Harvard's campuses, as well as provide you with resources for finding other types of child care.
Whatever you choose, you should know that affordable, high-quality child-care is in short supply in the greater Boston area. Affiliation with Harvard University does not guarantee admission to Harvard-affiliated child-care centers. You increase your odds for securing the type of child care you want if you start looking early. It's a good idea to visit and apply to child care centers as much as one year in advance. Family day care and in-home care may require less lead time, but will require an intensive process of identifying and reviewing your options.
Current faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows and students are invited to log onto Harvard's Child Care Bulletin Board where they can post questions, read tips and connect with other parents and parents-to-be in the Harvard community.
A new service, Web Access to Care at Harvard (WATCH) Portal, connects faculty, staff and student parents with student babysitters within the Harvard community.
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