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Kidspark Drop In Child Care

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www.kidsparkdropin.org
1961 Saint Clair Avenue Saint Paul
651.695.4008

KidsPark is a professionally staffed parent cooperative drop-in child care service sponsored by the Macalester-Groveland Community Council in cooperation with the St. Paul Division of Parks and Recreation. It has served families for over fifteen years. 

KidsPark is licensed to provide care for children 6 weeks through 5 years old (not yet in kindergarten). The maximum child:staff ratio is 1:3 for infants 6 weeks to 16 months old, and 1:7 for older children. KidsPark offers child care from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on days that St. Paul public elementary schools are in session. Infant care is available three mornings a week. KidsPark is located inside the warming house building in Groveland Park. Because KidsPark has a co-op format, each family is asked to contribute nine volunteer hours per school year; opportunities are available for parents who want to exchange further work for free childcare. Duties may include shopping, administrative tasks, fundraising, or being an extra set of hands in the classroom. In addition, parents may serve on the KidsPark Advisory Committee. Each family pays a $50 annual membership fee as well as a $60 co-op fee, which is refundable upon completion of the nine hours of volunteer work. The hourly childcare charge is $5.25/hour for the first and second children in a family; new for the 2005-06 school year, any additional children in a family can attend for half price! Infant care is $18.00 per morning.

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09.25.2007 Category Child Care, Parent Resources