Infant care program to celebrate opening

The Office of Campus Child Care will celebrate the opening of a new infant care program with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, Nov. 9.

The infant care program is located at 1800 University Ave., where the ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held starting at 3 p.m.

The ceremony will feature Provost John Wiley, Madison Mayor Susan J.M. Bauman and David Edie, director of the state Office of Child Care. Staff from the infant care program, University Child Care Committee members and parents will also be in attendance.

The infant/toddler program is the first UW–Madison infant care program, opening in June and serving eight infants ages six weeks to 30 months old. A second infant/toddler program at the Bethany Preschool Site, 3910 Mineral Point Rd., opened in September to serve up to 12 children ages six weeks to 24 months. The Waisman Center will open a third infant/toddler program sometime next year.

Funding from a new federal grant to provide child care for low-income undergraduate student parents is helping underwrite the cost of the campus infant/toddler care programs. A state start-up grant, Evjue Foundation and UW administration funds all contributed to the center budget.