CAMPUS CHILD CARE

Applications for our CCC centers are accepted through the Harvard Office of Work/Life where each family is assigned a tier for enrollment priority based on affiliation status.

You may apply to one or more Campus Child Care centers using the online application system.

You can apply directly at: https://huccc-web.cadm.harvard.edu.

Please note that this online application has been designed as a convenience for families. Data entered into this application sits on a secure Harvard server, but each child care center makes independent enrollment decisions.

Campus Child Care, Inc. is sensitive to the high cost of child care in the Boston area.  Costs are highly correlated with the personnel costs that are required to meet the intense staff:child ratios in child care settings and provide staff with livable, respectful wages and benefits.  

Harvard offers child care scholarships, based on need, to eligible faculty, staff and postdocs that help defray the cost of child care. Scholarship awards vary from family to family and year to year, and payments are made on a reimbursement basis. Applications are accepted once per year and current recipients need to reapply each year. For more information, click here. 

Three of our programs provide care to low income Cambridge residents through a City sponsored grant. 

As part of Harvard’s cooperation agreement with the City of Boston, a limited number of spots in this new center will be initially reserved for residents of Allston zip codes 02134 and 02135. In addition, families who reside in these zip codes ― and who are not eligible for any other Harvard scholarship ― may apply for a means-tested child care subsidy. For more information, please email the Harvard Office of Work/Life.

Launching in the Fall of 2025, the Cambridge Preschool Program provides an exciting opportunity to families living in Cambridge with 4 year old children. Campus Child Care is an affiliate partner program with CPP, allowing Cambridge residents to enroll in our programs with financial support from the City equaling approximately 50% of the cost of care. We will still follow our enrollment priority system, offering first to Harvard families and then to community families. Look to the CPP website for more details. Reach out to CCC if you believe you have an age eligible 4 year old or an income eligible 3 year old.

CCC centers employ highly qualified staff.  About three-quarters of our staff have either a BA (56%) or MA (18%) and an additional 13% have an AA degree. We are fortunate to have relatively high retention rate which we attribute to the quality and culture of the CCC centers; competitive salaries; generous benefits and paid time-off policies; and significant opportunities for professional development.    

All teachers and administrators have EEC certification that meets or exceeds state requirements.

Center Directors are the administrators of each center, supported by additional administrators and program coordinators.

CCC is governed by a Board of Directors composed of currently-enrolled parent representatives of each of the CCC centers and subject matter experts. The Board of Directors meets quarterly.  There is regular, transparent two-way communications between the Board of Directors and each of the Center Councils.

The CCC executive office is staffed by professionals in administration, human resources, quality assurance, and finance to support each of the centers’ operations.

The CCC office is centrally located in Harvard Square at 8 Story Street Suite B70. Members of the CCC team often are in the field in direct relationship with our employees and families rather than in their offices; the philosophy of the executive office is that the most important work happens closest to the children and families.

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