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UCSB | August 7th, 2008 |
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CHILDCARE
Santa Barbara County maintains a Children's Resource and Referral Program which has referrals to licensed child care centers, family child care homes, license-exempt options, and other child care information. Their number is (805) 962-8988."Kids' Club" runs a full summer day camp and provides after school care for children K through 6. They pick up at the Goleta elementary schools. They are located at 401 North Fairview - (805) 967-3937 -- in Goleta. Both KITP Permanent Members and staff have used this in the past. Some of the staff will also provide babysitting to Kids' Club parents. Rates are competitive, and I have been told that it is possible to get a slot with reasonable advance notice. They do not have a website, but we can arrange for information to be sent to you.
UCSB offers a variety of summer camps, included a summer day camp for kids ages 5–14. The Santa Barbara Independent (a local weekly newspaper) also maintains a summer camp website. This lists a wide-range of summer programs for children. Some samples of programs, either listed on this site or otherwise available, are:
Ridley Tree Art Camp
Botanical Garden Camp
Natural History Museum Camps
Nature camps-- Wilderness Youth Project, Community Environmental Council,
Orca Camp
Summer Band Camp
Gustafson Dance Camp
There is a nanny service that will accept temporary assignments called "ChildTime".
The manager's name is Roseann, and their phone number is (805) 962-4433.
The reports on this service from our visitors have been consistently
positive, but it is somewhat costly.
"Mommy's Day Off" is a babysitter referral service that has been highly recommended by previous visitors. The manager is Angela at (805)-570-6171.
You can find information about resources at UCSB through the UCSB Caring for Children website.
A new resource that we have recently discovered is the Santa Barbara Parent Source website. There is a lot of information here for newsomers to Santa Barbara and also for those visiting with children. Their resources page provides information on local childcare, nanny services, preschool, summer camps, and child-friendly restaurants. You can use many aspects of the site without registering with them, but you can register (at no charge) to receive their newsletter, and also to access some of their other services.
There is a federally funded national day-care referral service called "Childcare Aware" at (800) 424-2246.
There is a child-care referral website at http://careguide.com/.
It is also possible to rent baby equipment you may require through Santa Barbara Baby Company or through Baby's Away.
Further information relating to childcare options may be obtained from Monica Curry, our Housing Coordinator. She has as well additional information about activities for children in Santa Barbara
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