St. Luke's Child Care Match Program

Below is some information that St. Luke's sent to the union about their Child Care Match program.  We also urge members to check our earlier post about emergency child care options available in Wisconsin and Minnesota through YMCA and the school districts.

St. Luke’s recognizes the hard times many of you are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Struggling to find child care for your children is a concern we have heard from many of you. We want to remind you that many schools in the area are providing care for school-aged children of healthcare workers, but understand you may have very young children or you may want your children to practice social distancing to a greater degree than what is available in school care or other programs.

In response to this growing need, St. Luke’s is launching a Child Care Match program, a resource for employees to share and respond to child care needs of fellow staff members. The Child Care Match program is exclusive for St. Luke’s employees and their dependent children, not for friends, neighbors, or other relatives.

If you or your children (babysitting age or older) are interested in babysitting/providing child care, please complete the Child Care Volunteer Form. If you are in need of someone to watch your dependent child or children, please complete the Child Care Needs Request Form.

Human Resources will publish a list of employees who have childcare needs as well as those willing to watch children on a daily basis on the “Questions Related to COVID-19” portion of the HR intranet page for your reference. People who are interested in this program should check the spreadsheet regularly by using the following links: List of Care Providers or List of Care Seekers.

If you find a match, you should contact the person yourself and coordinate your own arrangements with your match. You are the best person to determine the best child care match for your family and finding that match quickly is important. Therefore, St. Luke’s will not be involved in any way of selecting or coordinating child care providers.

If you find a match or no longer want to participate in the program, contact Vanessa Weller at [email protected] or 249-3029 to have your name removed from the list.