Student Services is pleased to provide the following resources and tools to help students with dependent children achieve their goals and minimize the stress balancing student life and parenthood.
- Starting in Fall 2023, students with children who complete their placement, orientation and educational plan will qualify for the earliest possible priority registration.
- Child Care Services
Childcare
The Child Development Department runs a Child Study Center that serves as both a learning laboratory for Child Development majors and also as a child care center for LMC students. Childcare services are available for children from birth to 5 years of age. Services are also open to community families as space allows.
Applications to enroll your child can be accepted by appointment at the Child Study Center. Please note that it takes up to 24 hours to process an application before your child can begin attending. To schedule an appointment call 925-473-7640
Lactation
In addition to child care services there are lactation pods and a lactation room for nursing mothers:
PITTSBURG:There is a lactation pod located in the main College Complex Level Three (CC3) outside the automotive/welding area across from men’s restroom.
To enter the POD, you can download the MAMAVA app to locate the POD on campus and gain access to the POD.
If you do not have access to a smart device to download the app, you can visit the Welcome Desk in the Student Services Center to obtain the passcode to enter or you may call (925) 473-7434.
There is a lactation room located in the Student Union at the Pittsburg Campus on the 2nd floor, directly across from the elevator. The pod is open during hours of operation and can be locked from the inside.
BRENTWOOD:
The lactation room is located behind student services in Building 100. Access to the lactation room may be requested by visiting the Admissions and Records front counter where a staff member will lead students to access the facility. No reservation is required in advance. - Financial Assistance information
Student parents might also qualify for up to up to $3,417 through the California Earned Income Tax Credit and up to $1,083 through the Young Child Tax Credit and nutrition education, breastfeeding support and healthy foods through the WIC program.
EOPS is a state-funded, student support service program can provide UC & CSU fee waiver, textbook support, calculator loans, scholarships and more.
CalWorks Program’s main focus is to serve current TANF (cash-aid) recipients who are parents attending LMC as part of their Welfare-to-Work Activity (WTW) Plan
- Basic Needs on campus
The LMC Marketplace offers groceries and other essentials in addition to free parenting supplies like diapers and formula.
EOPS is a state-funded, student support service program can provide stress relief activities, free groceries, group counseling and more.
- Education services for parents with children
- EOPS is a state-funded, student support service program that provides educational grants,
transfer field trips and more.
- The CARE (Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education) Program at Los Medanos College assists single parents who want to break the welfare dependency
cycle by successfully completing college-level educational and training programs,
and therefore, become more employable and economically self-sufficient.
- CalWorks Program’s main focus is to serve current TANF (cash-aid) recipients who are parents attending LMC as part of their Welfare-to-Work Activity (WTW) Plan
- EOPS is a state-funded, student support service program that provides educational grants,
transfer field trips and more.