Childcare Discounts

Discount Programs

Bryn Mawr College partners with local childcare programs and schools to offer discounts on in home care, daycare centers, and school tuition.

 

The Phebe Anna Thorne School (PAT) is a laboratory preschool and Kindergarten at Bryn Mawr College. The school's mission is to provide play-based, developmentally appropriate, child-centered programs for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners. The School serves children and their families from the Bryn Mawr College campus community as well as from the local residential community.

They offer toddler, preschool and kindergarten programs at a reduced rate for College families. The toddler and preshool programs are located on the Bryn Mawr Campus and the Kindergarten Center is located on the campus of Haverford College.  

The following benefits and conveniences are offered to faculty and staff:

  • Priority for enrollment in all programs
  • Waiving the application fee
  • 10% tuition reduction
  • Post-tax monthly payroll deduction, if requested

Any questions can be directed to Amanda Ulrich at 610-526-7913.

Bryn Mawr College offers this program to employees which provides in-home backup childcare and adult care at a subsidized hourly rate.  The care is provided in your home, at the home of the adult needing care, and also offers in-center backup childcare at a subsidized daily rate.

Backup care is available during the day or evening, seven days a week.  Services are provided by Care.com.

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Backup Child Care

Backup childcare can be used in situations such as:

  • During school vacations and holidays
  • When your child is ill and cannot go to school or to childcare
  • When you have to work late or on weekends
  • When your childcare provider goes on vacation, is ill, or quits unexpectedly
  • Anytime you have a gap in your regularly scheduled childcare arrangements and you need to work

Backup Adult Care

Backup adult care can be used in situations such as:

  • When a family member needs assistance with dressing, bathing and ambulation and the regular care provider is unavailable
  • When a family member is waiting for an opening in an assisted living facility
  • When a family member needs help getting to doctor’s appointments
  • When a family member is recuperating at home from surgery
  • When an elder family member is getting confused and needs a watchful eye
  • Anytime when you have a gap in your family care arrangements
  • When you need assistance due to an illness

Procedures

Care is available day or evening of any day. Sometimes they can locate a caregiver in as little as an hour or two, but the more time you give them the more likely they can make a successful match.

  1. Twenty-four hours is usually sufficient notice for child care. Please allow as much notice a possible for adult care, which may require an assessment visit prior to services.
  2. Call Care.com at 855-781-1303 or use the Care@Work app on your phone to book care on the go
  3. Identify yourself as an employee of Bryn Mawr College and discuss your caregiver needs
  4. Care.com will identify a caregiver who meets your needs and call you with this information
  5. The caregiver will call you to confirm the details
  6. Once the care is completed for the day, your credit card will be charged

Care.com services calls 24/7, so you can reach a person on the phone at any time

Costs and Limitations

The College is subsidizing some of the cost of this service to offer you a more reasonable hourly rate.

  • Cost: $9 per hour for in-home care
  • Four-hour minimum per day, so a $36 minimum charge per day
  • You may use a maximum of 15 days of backup care each calendar year
  • You may not use more than two consecutive weeks at a time or use this benefit for ongoing care
  • $15/ child /day for in-center care

Plan Information

Care.com Overview

Backup Care Overview

Backup Care for Children In-center

Backup Care for Children at Home

Backup Care for Adults

The Learning Experience offers Bryn Mawr employees a discount of 10 percent off the Center's published tuition rates for children enrolled during the Center's regular business hours. Proof of employment is required to receive the discount.

Additional information about The Learning Experience is available on their website: 

https://thelearningexperience.com/