Reliable care services are essential to manage your work and family responsibilities but even the best of plans is not fail-safe. Every good care plan includes a contingency plan for just those occasions when your usual caregiver is unavailable or your child is mildly ill. Sometimes it is preferable to stay home with your child or children on these occasions. There are other times however when you need to go into work, teach a class, or attend school. The following resources are designed to help you plan ahead for those occasions when your child is well enough to be left in the care of an alternate care provider.
For more information, contact Family Care at 212-998-9085 or family.care@nyu.edu
Backup Child and Adult Care Program
Caregivers on Call provides an in-home backup care option for children and adult dependents of full-time Faculty, Professional/Administrative and Professional Research Staff. You can use Caregivers On Call when you need to be at work and your usual child care is unavailable, your child or adult dependent is mildly ill, or your work schedule changes unexpectedly. Eligible employees who have re-registered for the program can use up to 50 hours per calendar year. The University pays 75% of the cost for the care, and the employee pays the remaining 25%. The program description and registration forms are available here (PDF).
NYU Babysitting Registry
is an easy way for active NYU faculty, staff and student parents to connect with NYU students seeking to babysit during days, evenings, and weekend hours.
NYU's Employee Assistance Program Carebridge Life Resources
provides consultation and referral on all forms of child and adult care, including back-up services. Call the information hotline 24/7 at 800-438-0911.
NYU's Wasserman Center for Career Development
serves as an employment search engine for NYU students. Families can post babysitting positions for NYU students as well as students from other nearby colleges. For information on how to do that, click here.
Barnard Babysitting Agency
(212) 854-2035
A well-established student enterprise that accepts job postings for day and evening, short and long-term babysitting positions.
Pinch Sitters
(212) 260-6005
Provides care to children in Manhattan and some Brooklyn neighborhoods (Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, and nearby areas).
The Babysitters' Guild
(212) 682-0227
Provides care to children and adult dependents in the NYC metropolitan area.
Babysitters.com
On-line referral service connects babysitters and parents seeking regular or occasional child care.
CollegeQuickJobs.com
On-line referral service connects "households with college students for short-term jobs."
SitterCity.com
On-line referral service connects families and care providers for children and adult dependents locally and across the country.