Child Care Solutions

Learn about UC San Diego's campus child care solutions.

Disclaimer: Prior to moving forward with these resources, please be sure to confirm that these resources follow the County of San Diego: Order of the Health Officer and Emergency Regulations.

UC San Diego Child Care

• Full-time care is available at the Early Childhood Education Center for children 3 months to 5 years old.

Additional child care solutions

• List of other local child care options
• CCAMPIS grant program
• San Diego Centralized Eligibility List
  • "Connecting families San Diego County to subsidized early care, early education and childcare programs." This is a one-stop application for several subsidy programs for child-care centers, home daycare and babysitting across San Diego County, some of which are close to UC San Diego. Visit www.childcaresandiego.com.
• YMCA
  • Enhanced Child Care Referrals
  • Childcare Resource Service
  • Youth and Family Services
  • Paying for Child Care
    • Side note: Students are eligible to apply for the program.
• San Diego For Every Child: San Diego COVID-19 Children's Fund
• Care.com

Also see Blink's web pages about

• Child care
• UC San Diego babysitting resources

Read about options for child enrichment

• Outside organizations that hold summer programs at UC San Diego
• Off-campus camps and enrichment program

A tip from other student-parents

If you're thinking about attending UC San Diego, get on child-care center waitlists early! Use the resources listed above to find supplemental and back-up options in case a UC San Diego child-care option doesn't work for you.