Child Care Lottery

Free money for child care. Just another way Olympic College is trying to alleviate the financial burden for students attending OC.
The Child Care Lottery was first introduced in Winter Quarter 2009 and is offered quarterly at the Poulsbo and Shelton campuses. Board of Trustee member Douglas Sayan was the advocate for student parents at these campuses. He insisted something be done since the campuses these student parents attend are too small to support their own child care programs.
Director of the Child Development and Family Center Rhodes Lockwood, along with Vice President of Student Services Richard Maclennan came up with the idea for the Child Care Lottery, which Lockwood stresses, "the awards are meaningful, but not intended to cover the entire expense of child care."
In its first quarter, 23 students were awarded child care compensation. Students taking six or fewer credit hours were awarded $100 and students taking more than six credits were awarded $200.
Students interested in applying must have children enrolled in a licensed day care and will need to fill out a simple half page application. For more information or to receive an application, you can contact Rhodes Lockwood at (360) 475-7191 or rlockwood@oc.ctc.edu.

Kathy Bray