Ivy Tech, YMCA partner on childcare for students

Ivy Tech Community College and the YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne will next month open a new YMCA Child Watch Site on the college’s Coliseum Campus. Ivy Tech said the newly-renovated space will be available exclusively for children of students.

The college said the new childcare site comes in response to a fall 2022 student survey, in which 95% of respondents said there is a need for childcare options on campus.

Beginning June 5, students will have the opportunity to drop their children off at the site for up to four hours a day, five days a week while they attend class. Services will be limited to 30 children at one time.

“As a working mother, I know the struggles of finding quality childcare at an affordable cost,” Ivy Tech Fort Wayne & Warsaw Chancellor Kim Barnett-Johnson said in a news release. “We understand our students are working to support their families, and Ivy Tech hopes to alleviate any challenges that might make their journey harder.”

The site at the Coliseum Campus, located at 3800 N. Anthony Blvd. in Fort Wayne, will be open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Ivy Tech said children can be registered at the beginning of each eight-week term, and there is a $150 registration fee per eight-week session of care. There is also a $50 cost for one child at the beginning of each semester and $25 for each additional child. The daily drop-in rate will be $20.

The Child Watch site is available to students from either Ivy Tech’s Coliseum Campus or North Campus, but Ivy Tech said students must pre-register to utilize the services.

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