The Periwinkle Child Development Center at Linn-Benton Community College has been awarded a Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program (CCAMPIS) grant, a federal grant in the amount of $47,788 each year for four years, for a total of $191,152.
The CCAMPIS grant will enable LBCC to provide support for low-income Pell-eligible LBCC student parents by providing subsidies for child care fees, offered on a sliding scale, so that their children can be cared for at the Periwinkle Child Development Center while they are in school. Parents will also have the option of reducing their child care fees even further by working in their child’s classroom two hours a week.
Students enrolled in the LBCC CCAMPIS program will also receive personal support by attending a weekly seminar aimed at strategies for balancing school and family, parenting issues, and being a successful college student.
For more information about the program, contact the Periwinkle Child Development Center at 917-4898, or LBCC Family Connections at 917-4899.