Services for Students with Children
Services for Students With Children is building toward a future where all students and their families are celebrated for their unique strengths and needs, and supported with the resources they need to thrive. We nurture community. advocate alongside students, and offer tangible resources and spaces that allow students to meet their responsibilities as students and caretakers.
Resource Center for Students with Children
462 Smith Memorial Student Union
1825 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 725-9878
www.pdx.edu/students-with-children
The Resource Center for Students with Children (RCSC) offers integrated services that support students’ goals to be effective parents while succeeding in their academic pursuits. RCSC maintains several spacious family rooms on campus, hosts family-friendly events each term, and offers valuable resources for students raising children. In addition, they oversee more than 15 lactation spaces on campus as well as a free children’s clothing closet. The Resource Center for Students with Children provides support for pregnant and postpartum students through individual consultation, and they actively advocate for student parents to faculty, staff, and administration.
Little Vikings and Baby Vikings
Little Vikings
Epler Hall, 1st Floor
503-725-8800
www.pdx.edu/students-with-children/little-vikings
Baby Vikings
Smith Memorial Student Union, 1st floor
503-725-9622
www.pdx.edu/students-with-children/baby-vikings
Little and Baby Vikings provides reserved, walk-in and occasional care for children 6 weeks to 12 years old. You can reserve care for a minimum of 1 hour and up to 5 hours a day which equals 20 hours per week. In addition to flexible hourly care, Baby Vikings offers 4 full-time slots. You can request full-time care by filling out a waitlist form. During Portland Public School closures, Little Vikings offers day camps for children ages 3 and up and all-day and hourly care for infants and toddlers.
Jim Sells Childcare Subsidy
Fariborz Masseh Hall
1855 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97201
503-725-3461- Option #4
https://www.pdx.edu/students-with-children/jim-sells-childcare-subsidy
The Jim Sells Childcare Subsidy (JSCS) is offered by the Services for Students with Children (SSWC) at Portland State University (PSU). The subsidy provides financial assistance to eligible students with children to help ease the cost of childcare during PSU’s academic year. SSWC believes that every child deserves quality childcare while their parent pursue their educational goals. Providing family resources will help student parents meet their educational and personal needs, and improve student retention and long-term success.