Finding Child Care

The university has taken steps to make sure that cost is not a prohibitive factor for JHU families that are using one of the four centers that are Johns Hopkins partners—the Homewood Early Learning Center, the Weinberg Early Childhood Center, Bright Horizons at 98 N Broadway, and Bright Horizons at Bayview. In addition to child care vouchers, there are scholarships funds available to ensure children from any economic background can join these learning communities.

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Child Care Center (Bright Horizons)

Located on the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center campus, the center provides a nurturing environment for children aged 2 to 5 years. Priority admission is given to employees of the Bayview Medical Center and Johns Hopkins University, ensuring that little learners benefit from a community deeply invested in their growth and development.

Bright Horizons at Bayview

Homewood Early Learning Center

The Homewood Early Learning Center, located at the corner of Wyman Park Drive and Remington Avenue, offers a nurturing, high-quality environment where children have the time and space to develop at their own pace. Downtown Baltimore Child Care operates the center, which enrolls children ages 10 weeks through preschool, and is open to all, including community members. Priority admission is available to Johns Hopkins parents.

Homewood ELC

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Early Childhood Center

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Early Childhood Center, also operated by Downtown Baltimore Child Care, is a premier early learning facility whose teachers and staff believe all children deserve the best education from the earliest age. The product of years of planning by leading child advocates, the state-of-the-art Weinberg ECC, located near the East Baltimore campus, provides developmentally appropriate learning opportunities for children using the latest evidence-based approaches to ensure children start school ready to learn. The center’s 12-month, full-day operation serves a diverse mixed-income community of children and families who live and/or work in the Eager Park neighborhood and beyond. Priority admission is available to Johns Hopkins parents.

Weinberg ECC

Johns Hopkins Child Care and Early Learning Center (Bright Horizons)

Located on the East Baltimore campus at 98 N. Broadway, the Johns Hopkins Child Care and Early Learning Center is designed to serve full-time faculty and staff, full-time day students, house staff, and fellows of the Johns Hopkins University schools of Medicine, Nursing, Public Health; and full-time employees of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Health System, and Bayview Medical Center. The center is open to children ages 6 weeks through preschool for full-time care.

Bright Horizons at 98 N Broadway

Although the child care scholarship does not apply to the other centers below, you may use the child care voucher to help with tuition if you qualify. These centers also offer preferred wait list status for JHU employees:

Downtown Baltimore Child Care Center

Downtown Baltimore Child Care provides early education and child care to a diverse community, located in downtown Baltimore on the campus of University of Maryland. Children of JHU affiliates receive admission priority.

Sherman Early Childhood Center

The Sherman Early Childhood Center offers priority placement for infants to five-year-old children of full-time Johns Hopkins University faculty, staff, and students/learners. Located behind the Weinberg Y on East 33^rd Street in Waverly, the center is conveniently located near both the Homewood and East Baltimore campuses. Preregister your child to join the wait list.

Johns Hopkins University is relocating the Early Learning Center (ELC) from its current location on Wyman Park Drive to a new, larger, state-of-the-art childcare facility, as part of our unwavering commitment to providing high-quality, accessible, and affordable childcare. This is a core institutional priority and a critical part of our efforts to recruit, welcome, and retain great faculty, staff, and students.

Feedback: Please email [email protected] to provide any feedback throughout the process.

• Go to communications and materials about the new HW ELC.

• View construction updates for the new HW ELC.

The Nanny Network provides screened, vetted, and committed caregivers to families in the Baltimore, Washington, and Northern Virginia areas. Specialists work with families with full- or part-time, permanent, or temporary needs, including by fulfilling JHU employees’ backup child care and eldercare requests submitted through Care.com. Johns Hopkins University employees get a 20% discount on the retainer fee for a permanent nanny search, or receive a 20% discount on the temporary membership fee.
The Nanny Network

Au Pair in America provides intercultural live-in child care that’s a flexible and enriching experience for the entire family. Johns Hopkins faculty and staff receive a discount of up to $500 off program fees. It is free to apply, free to search for au pairs, and free to set up a consultation with a matching expert or local community counselor.

• Au Pair in America Flyer
• Au Pair in America Website

Cultural Care Au Pair provides live-in care with screened young adults coming from more than 20 countries around the world. JHU employees applying for the first time will have their $75 application fee waived. Eligible employees also receive $500 off the program fee when signing up to host an au pair for 30-plus weeks. Cultural Care Au Pair Discounts