University of Minnesota Child Care Program to Remain Open, Minnesota Public Radio, September 18, 2018
September 18, 2018: Next Steps in Child Care Planning for the TC Campus, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
We call on University leadership to immediately halt the planned closure of the University of Minnesota Child Development Center (UMCDC) and commit to the Center’s preservation in a new administrative home.
On this site, you can:
Add your name to those of thousands of faculty, staff, parents, family and community members who value the center and its exceptional work.
University of Minnesota Child Care Program to Remain Open, Minnesota Public Radio, September 18, 2018
Next Steps in Child Care Planning for the TC Campus, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost. September 18, 2018
UMN staff and students air childcare concerns at forum, April 30, 2018.
Letter: "The Child Development Center is exemplary and should be scaled up", Minnesota Daily, March 25, 2018.
Letter from Legislators: Preserve and Expand UMCDC, March 13, 2018.
"Preserving and Expanding the UMCDC Serves the University's Mission", Minnesota Daily, March 1, 2018
"The U should be expanding the model Child Development Center, not closing it", MinnPost, Feb. 16, 2018
"How the U Can Help Minnesota Reach Its Ambitious Early Education Goal", Star Tribune, Feb. 11, 2018
"Opponents of Closing Child Development Center Organize and Petition", KSTP Eyewitness News Report, Feb. 8, 2018
"Parents, Kids Deliver Petition to Save U of M Daycare", Fox 9 Report, Feb. 8, 2018
"Parents Petition Closing of U of M Development Center", Kare 11 Report, Feb. 8, 2018
"Parents and Children Protest UMN Child Development Center Closure", Minnesota Daily, Feb. 8, 2018
"U's Plan to Close On-Campus Child Care Center Highlights a Glaring Minnesota Need", Star Tribune, Feb. 1, 2018
"UMN Parents Condemn Planned Daycare Closure", Minnesota Daily, Feb. 1, 2018
UMCDC Parents Organizing is a group of over 160 parents whose children are attending or on the waiting list at the University of Minnesota Child Development Center. We welcome the support of alumni parents, faculty, staff, UMN alumni, and the early childhood community as we continue to advocate for: