{"id":49240,"date":"2019-01-16T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=49240"},"modified":"2024-10-28T14:42:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T19:42:20","slug":"acc-ymca-host-open-house-for-new-child-watch-drop-in-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/01\/16\/acc-ymca-host-open-house-for-new-child-watch-drop-in-center\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC &amp; YMCA host open house for new Child Watch Drop-In Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College and the YMCA of Austin will host an open house at the new Child Watch Drop-In Center at ACC Highland Friday, January 18, from noon to 2 p.m. for those interested in exploring childcare services at the college.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Students can meet with staff, learn more about the new center, and register their&nbsp;children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The center, set to open for the spring 2019 semester, offers currently enrolled ACC students drop-in care for their children. The program is offered by the YMCA of Austin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe YMCA of Austin and ACC share in a mission to better serve our community,\u201d says James Finck, YMCA of Austin president\/CEO. \u201cI look forward to growing our partnership and developing more in-depth programs in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pilot program will serve children ages 3-12. Students pay $4 per hour for a maximum of three hours per day, or 12 hours per week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The college also will continue to offer childcare services including evening childcare at the Child Lab at ACC Eastview Campus.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, about childcare services at ACC, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/students\/child-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austincc.edu\/kids<\/a>. To learn more or to register for the Child Watch program, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/students\/child-care\/child-watch-drop-in-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austincc.edu\/childwatch<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College and the YMCA of Austin will host an open house at the new Child Watch Drop-In Center at ACC Highland Friday, January 18, from noon to 2 p.m. for those interested in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/01\/16\/acc-ymca-host-open-house-for-new-child-watch-drop-in-center\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,18],"tags":[1267,3397,3398,2018],"class_list":["post-49240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-official-acc-press-releases","tag-child-care","tag-child-watch","tag-drop-in-child-care","tag-ymca-of-austin"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}