Stata child care center and MIT child care scholarship programs

[Janet Fischer]

MEMO

TO:  Members of the MIT community
FROM:  Mary McNally, Administrator of Child Care Initiatives, Center 
for Work, Family & Personal Life
RE: Applications invited for Stata child care center and MIT child 
care scholarship programs


The MIT Center for Work, Family & Personal Life is pleased to 
announce that applications are now available for MIT’s newest child 
care center in the Ray and Maria Stata Center (Technology Children’s 
Center at Stata), scheduled to open on June 1, 2004, as well as for 
MIT’s Child Care Scholarship Programs.

Applications for Technology Children’s Center at Stata

In order to ensure a fair and efficient process, spaces at Technology 
Children’s Center at Stata (TCC-Stata) will be filled initially by 
lottery, with priority given to members of the MIT community. 
Applications for the lottery are being accepted now through March 19, 
2004, at 5:00pm, and entries will be drawn beginning April 5, 2004. 
All applications received at any time between today and March 19, 
2004, at 5:00pm will be entered into the lottery on an equal basis, 
regardless of application date. There is no urgency to your 
submission, provided that it is received no later than Friday, March 
19, 2004, at 5:00pm. 

Since the lottery will be used both to determine summer enrollment at 
TCC-Stata and to order the waiting list for 2004-05 enrollment, all 
families interested in applying to TCC-Stata for either summer or 
fall 2004 are encouraged to participate in the lottery. 

For more information or to participate in the lottery, please visit 
the new TCC web site at http://web.mit.edu/mitchildcare. The site 
provides detailed instructions for the lottery and an online 
application form.  Applications and lottery procedures are also 
available at Technology Children’s Center at Eastgate in Building 
E55; at the Center for Work, Family & Personal Life in Room 16-151; 
or by contacting me at mtmcnall at mit.edu, 617-324-0191.


Applications for MIT Child Care Scholarship Programs

Applications for the MIT Child Care Scholarship Programs will also be 
accepted during the same time period, from now until March 19, 2004, 
at 5:00pm.  The scholarship programs are available to assist a 
limited number of eligible staff, faculty, postdocs, and graduate 
students with the costs of MIT’s child care centers.

All those who would like to be considered for scholarship awards for 
summer 2004 and/or academic year 2004/05 should apply by March 19, 
2004, at 5:00pm, whether they are interested in enrolling children at 
TCC-Stata, TCC-Eastgate, TCC-Westgate, or Lincoln Laboratory 
Children’s Center.  Current scholarship recipients are also required 
to re-apply during this period if you plan to continue your 
child(ren)’s enrollment after August 31, 2004.

Scholarship applications and further information are available at 
http://web.mit.edu/hr/worklife/scholarship.html or by contacting me 
at mtmcnall at mit.edu, (617) 324-0191.


Upcoming Information Sessions

Two information sessions regarding TCC-Stata, including the lottery 
process and its coordination with the scholarship programs, have been 
scheduled for Thursday, February 26, 2004, and Monday, March 8, 2004, 
12:00 to 1:30pm.  Participants will have an opportunity to go over 
basic lottery procedures; to meet TCC’s new Executive Director, Gina 
Tzizik; and to ask questions.  Preregistration is required. Please 
register on the web at http://web.mit.edu/hr/worklife/seminar.html. 
If you are unable to register online, please email the Center at 
worklife at mit.edu with the name and date of the session you wish to 
attend, as well as your name, telephone number, and email address, or 
call 617-253-1592. Location of the information sessions will be 
emailed to all registrants. Open houses at TCC-Stata will be 
scheduled shortly.

To receive information about upcoming events, or for general 
information about child care options, visit the Center for Work, 
Family & Personal Life web site at http://web.mit.edu/hr/worklife, or 
contact the Center in Room 16-151, worklife at mit.edu, 617-253-1592. We 
look forward to hearing from you.

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