Drop-In Child Care Now Available For El Centro Students

By Annie Gimbel, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

November 17, 2022

Starting in the Spring 2023 semester, Dallas College will launch a drop-in childcare option for students attending its El Centro campus thanks to a $100,000 grant to Dallas College Foundation from The Dallas Foundation.

The program will lessen the expense of child care as a barrier to parents attending college. Seed funding from Dallas College Foundation's new Dallas Foundation Community Impact Grant will help launch the program in January 2023.

"We are excited to partner with Dallas College to provide students at Dallas College's El Centro campus with free and reliable child care. Everyone deserves an equitable opportunity to unlock economic potential, and this project ensures that student-parents get that opportunity. The Dallas Foundation is proud to be a part of this initiative and looks forward to supporting Dallas College in this much-needed work," said Drexell Owusu, chief impact officer for The Dallas Foundation.

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