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Child Care Resources

Mass General Brigham provides in-house, high-quality, developmentally appropriate traditional child care and backup child care to the benefits-eligible employees of Mass General Brigham and some community members.

3 Thirteenth Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

We are located in historic Charlestown Navy Yard and housed in the old Captain's Quarters, a beautifully renovated colonial style townhouse.

Site Director: Charlene Felizardo

Hours: Monday—Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 52 weeks a year, excluding holidays and two professional development days.

Application, enrollment, and waiting list 

Enrollment priority is granted first to benefits-eligible employees at Mass General and Mass General Brigham, followed by benefits-eligible employees at Mass General Brigham-affiliated institutions.

For information on how to apply for enrollment or current tuition fees, please call 617-726-5437.

36 First Avenue
Charlestown, MA 02129

Application, enrollment, and waiting list

Enrollment priority is granted first to benefits-eligible employees and students of the MGH Institute of Health Professions, followed by benefits-eligible employees of Mass General Brigham and Mass General Brigham-affiliated institutions. Residents of Charlestown are eligible to receive 25% off enrollment.

For information on how to apply for enrollment or current tuition fees, please call 617-726-6010.

115 Mill Street
Belmont, MA 02478

Site Director: Karen Gaudette

Hours: Monday—Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 52 weeks a year, excluding holidays and two professional development days.

Application, enrollment, and waiting list

Enrollment priority is first given to siblings of enrolled children, followed by benefits-eligible employees of McLean Hospital, benefits-eligible employees of Mass General Brigham-affiliated institutions, and community members.

For information on how to apply for enrollment or current tuition fees, please call 617-855-2421.

251 Grand Union Boulevard
Somerville, MA 02145

Hours: Monday—Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 52 weeks a year, excluding holidays and two professional development days.

Application, enrollment, and waiting list

Enrollment priority is given to all Mass General Brigham employees, and we offer community members (non Mass General Brigham employees) enrollment spaces. 

For information on how to apply for enrollment or current tuition fees, please call 857-282-1105 or email ccar@brighthorizons.com.

Backup child care

We also operate backup child care programs at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. These backup care centers offer emergency and backup child care for infants and children up to 12 years of age for benefits-eligible employees.

Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit Street Warren Lobby, Suite 130
Boston, MA 02114

Phone: 617-723-8414
Fax: 617-724-7171    
Hours: Monday—Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The Mass General Backup Child Care Center provides emergency backup child care for benefits-eligible employees of Mass General Brigham, including Mass General Hospital.

Visit the Bright Horizons website

Reservations can be made up to 30 days in advance but not earlier.

Please note that the center cannot care for children who are ill.

For more information, contact Director Ana Clara Rand at 617-723-8414 or MGHbackup@brighthorizons.com.

 

Brigham and Women's Health Care Center
850 Boylston Street (Rte. 9 East), Suite 210
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Families should enter from the parking lot. The entrance is at the far-right end of the 850 Boylston Street building.

Phone: 617-732-9540
Fax: 617-732-9544    
Hours: Monday—Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The Brigham and Women's Backup Child Care Center provides emergency backup child care for benefits-eligible employees of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Please note that the center cannot care for children who are ill.

For more information, please contact Courtney White, site director at 617-732-9540.

Additional child and dependent care resources

Our partnerships with external providers offer many options, including in-home backup child care, discounts and preferred enrollment at certain external child care centers, access to a database of sitters, and backup solutions for when your primary child care arrangements fall through.

Additional resources