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Child Care

GVSU recognizes the need for good quality child care for the children of our faculty and staff. Families have a wide range of child care needs - ranging from infant care, care for special needs children, part time care to after school care and summer care for school age children. Finding child care can be a daunting task. The average person spends over 30 hours searching for child care. Work and Family Connections, along with Encompass, can help you find daycare tailored to your particular needs. We will assist you through providing child care searches and offering programs that address the issues related to child care.

• Summer Camp
  School's out for the summer...Now what? The lazy, hazy days of summer require some additional planning for parents of school-age children. View a list of local camps and summer programs, and find on that works best for you and your kid.
   
• Work Life Consultant to provide programming, instruction and individual assistance.
   

• Children's Enrichment Center is located on the GVSU campus and serves children 2 1/2 - 12 years old. The Enrichment Center is open before and after school and during the summer for school age children and is open 7:00 am to 6:00 pm year round. For more information, please ccontact Sharalle Arnold at 331-4537 or arnoldsh@gvsu.edu. 
  
  Customized daycare resource and referral, local and nationwide, through our employee assistance service, Encompass.  Work Place Options, 1-800-952-3586, Press #4 on-line or telephonic.
   

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Child Care for those eligible employment classifications.

Susan Sloop, Work Life Consultant
GVSU Human Resources
Phone: (616) 331-2215, Fax: (616) 331-3216
sloops@gvsu.edu

or Encompass
 For all Work Life or Financial/Legal Resources and Referrals
       Contact 1-800-952-3586 or www.encompass.us.com