Student fees
help with
child care
By Kirsten Lucas
i ,t <1 Repoftof
Many students have a
hard time making it out the
door in the morning, let
alone making ends meet on
the legendary starving stu
dent" budget
Imagine being responsible
for making these things hap
pen for a family of three
While this may seem next
to impossible, student par
ents do it everyday Howev
er, without affordable day
c are for their c hildren. this
daily feat would be much
closer to impossible
The AS111) Child ( are
Subsidy Program provides
low income student parents
with the money they need to
help pay monthly c hild ( are
expenses, which average
about SHOO a month
Depending on need. I Jni
versitv students with chil
dren can receive up to 50
pert ent of their dav care
(lists covered through the
subsidy program, which is
primarily funded with stu
dent fees
The program w as also re
reiving a S100.000 grant
trorn the Oregon State Schol
arship Commission, until
tin1 grant w as cut last year
KM!' ( hild (:.ire (Coordinator
Dennis Reynolds attributed
lhe ( ritii ,i 1 i u! to Mr.isure 5
Reynolds, who works un
del ( uiitrai ! with the A St)
( Ill'll C lure Task Fort e to de
'.ermine subsidy eligibility
and distribution, said he
thought the program could
survive on the SI it:: .(KM) In
cidental Fee Committee
budget alone
However, with an unpret
edented number of students
needing summertime assis
lance, Reynolds found him
soil he ed with d v, md i mg
funds lor more parents
There were a lot ol stu
dents (needing child < are)
who went to summer school
hetore the tuition mi reuse,
he said "That's what really
nailed our budget
In response to the unex
pected shortage ot funds,
Kttvoolds approached the
III with >t special request
for SIM.000 last month
Not fully expecting to got
such a large sum, Reynolds
proposed several back-up
plans, the most likely of
which he thought would
mean a 10 percent decrease
in eat h family's eligibility
For a family of three,
Reynolds said, this kind of
decrease might amount to a
week's groceries or a
month's heat bill
The IFC approved Reyn
olds' request, solidifying the
support for child care Reyn
olds' said he has found on
this campus.
IFC chairwoman Lydia
Lerma said IFC members
who voted in favor of the ad
ditional funds recognize the
need to keep student parents
in school
" The level of support for
student parents on this (aim
pus is exemplary." Reynolds
said
PARENTS
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ward iti lhat dnv." she said "l‘vo named it
Znvent>erj|nn is one of mans' single parents in college, but sin
dent parents come in many varieties
Julie Wuyland. lit. also a senior in psv< bologs who graduates
this spring, has three children lenid. -I Joshua, t. and Ioanna. 1 *>
months W.island said she has gone to college off and on for nine
years, hut she has gone full time at the t niversity since last sum
mer Her husband, John, graduated in 1SMW
Hut managing a home, thris- kids and school isn't easy, even
svith a husband to help
"Actually, sometimes I wonder how I do it, she said "When
I'm at school. I'm at sc hool W hen I'm at homem the afternoons,
I'm .1 mom. and at atmut H .10 when they're in lied. I hit the books
again.'' she said, noting that she's tired at H it) herself
Along with her academic' sc hedule U as land ss orks nine hours a
week at the l-.'Ml! das ( lire lor practlcum credit To simplify sc hod
ulc's, she has cone filtrated her classes into Tuesday and Thursday,
which makes for long (t to 5 class clays Her husband hopes to take
those days off tiei ause they don't want their c hildren in day care
When tie c an't watch them, the' children s grandmother dues
"We have to do a lot of juggling, she said
Sometimes the stress of sc hool inter teres with tie- lamlly. espe
c otiiy at the etui Of the term The kids pn k up on that epm kly. she
• lid. tint tties are also exi itecl about their mother being in m hool
I go to ms school and mommy goes to her school, tties say
W,island svdl continue full time the. and next term in order to
graduate Its a goal I se set and I ni trying hard to stn k svdh it.
she said
Thu (Kirill's! task n! lialam mg parental .inti student duties is rind
1 n>4 llii1 tlmii for ill! !hf rtMdiiig mil library research nri essary fur
i I,issrs. Way land said
One ofihe surprising benefits of-having . hildrimwhile studying
a! the University is iho necessity of stim luring her time Wiyland
said She does this better and stays on top of tilings more than
when she was a childless student, she said
Wuylund said It's hard a! times when she looks at !H year a 1
freshmen and hears about their sleeping in late and so. i,d si lied
ules hut 1 wouldn't trade my kids lor the world. she said
Other parents who don't have family support to help vsatth the
i hlldren rely on d.iy iare to till the gap
hris l_sterline, a single parent and junior in secondary edm alion
has two i hlldren. Lauren, 1, and Joshua almost nine
listerline has been taking college s lasses lor ten years at three
community colleges After she and her huslwnd separated, siie
went hark to si hooi lull tune and earned her associate s degn >■ at
Umpqua Oommunit v < id lege last year She s now at the Univ ersity
trying to shuffle fin.inces, classes and parenthood
"It’s tough rinding study time," she said I try to get m as mm h
study time as i can at si bool white I'm walking and on the bus
She sometimes gets Irustrated when she wants to give her children
more Mni' 'hr said She. like /.evenliergen mil WavUml also stud
h*' Into at night alter the kid' are In bed
With no one .it home to help her with i hild t are. Ksterllno relies
on the I Ml’ dav ( are < enter and an after si hool program for her
'Oil
\ hill month of i fiild t are costs S too at the l.Mt 50 peri ent ol
whuh is subsidized hv ASt'l) incidental fees fills, added to the
$J 15 per month for her son. adds up. however Juggling this, final!
<:ta I od. food stamps and welfare grunts are a concern for f.s ter line
At urn time, all this could change she said, referring to regula
Hons and rei|uirements lor different sorts ol aid. hut I ni just
thankful to have it
These three women are only a small sampling of student parents
\! Amazon l amilv Housing alone, there are o' single parents,
both male and female and oh couples with children, said frank
(.addon. an a direr tor
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