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.

• Work Life Consultant to provide programming, instruction and individual assistance.
  
  

• GVSU Children's Center is located on the GVSU campus and serves children 2 1/2 - 12 years old. The Children's 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 call 895-4146 or click here.

• Customized daycare resource and referral, local and nationwide, through our employee assistance service, Encompass.

• Pre-taxed savings for adoption assistance

• Adoption Resources and Benefits

• Adoption Form

• 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