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Finding Full-Time Child Care

LifeCare is a GW paid benefit provided to help all faculty, staff and their household members save time by providing personalized assistance with life’s most important issues. LifeCare saves working parents time and stress by providing information and personal matches to licensed child care providers for both regular and short-term or specialized needs no matter where you work or live, including:  

• Child Care Centers

• Family Child Care Homes

• In-Home Care

• Baby-sitting Agencies and Options

• Nanny Agencies and Options

• Au Pair Agencies and Options

• Preschools/Nursery Schools

• Before- and After School Programs

• Summer Programs

• Emergency/Temporary Care

• Special Needs Programs

Specialists will refer you to programs that meet your specific care, budget and location needs—and that have confirmed availability. Plus, LifeCare offers helpful educational materials and interactive tools via the web site that help parents make informed child care and parenting decisions.

As part of LifeCare, GW faculty and staff also have access to a 25% discount off of membership to Care.com.  Care.com is the premier on-line source of trustworthy care options for children, pets, elderly parents and your home. Care.com offers a full scale of subscription-based services to address the lifecycle of specific care needs while providing free background checks and a suite of tools and resources for selecting the best care possible.

If you are looking for a child care center near where you work, make sure you also visit our listing of On-Campus Child Care Centers.