Work Options Backup Care
Graduate students are eligible for Backup Care Options when they experience temporary disruptions in their child, adult, and elder care-giving arrangements that would otherwise prevent them from fulfilling their academic obligations. These options provide up to 100 hours of subsidized backup care per calendar year. The care can be requested for anyone for whom the student is responsible, including children, spouses and partners, parents and grandparents; the person for whom backup care is requested does not have to live with the student. This program is managed by Work Options Group, which has an exclusive network of licensed in-home and center-based care providers in all 50 states and Canada. Backup Care Options is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for infants through the elderly. Because the University is underwriting the cost of this program, the co-pay is $4 an hour for in-home care (for up to three dependents) and $2 an hour per child for center-based care. For additional information, go to the Backup Care Options website.