There is an organization for Supporting Parents and Caregivers at Rutgers that meets and provides opportunities for families to gather. Click here to learn more about that group.
Note that students experiencing pregnancy or related conditions have equal access to education, employment, and other University programs and activities. To learn more about these Title IX rights, click here
Childcare
Access KinderCare facilities near RutgersThere are a number of affordable childcare options in the area for graduate students with young children.
Rutgers–Livingston Day Care Center is a private, not-for-profit early childhood program in Piscataway, NJ, serving the Rutgers University community since 1974. For more information about Rutgers Livingston Daycare center:
The state's child care program can support you with information about applying for child care assistance, where to find child care, licensing and complaint data, and what makes a quality program. For information about the New Jersey child care program at Newark campus:
KinderCare Learning Center at Piscataway
KinderCare Learning Center in Newark
Additional childcare options can be found here.
Lactation Rooms
We want to inform you that private Lactation Rooms are available for breastfeeding parents in New Brunswick, Piscataway, and Newark.
RBHS
New Brunswick
Clinical Academic Building (CAB), Room 7004
Medical Education Building, Room 111
Piscataway
Kessler Teaching Wing, Room NB-08
School of Public Health, Room 275
With the exception of CAB Room 7004, the rooms are accessible via Trilogy Lock; once you reserve the room in the ROD system, you will receive the code to unlock the door. For CAB 7004, which is a wellness/lactation room, you will need to have card access to enter the room. Requests for card access should be made to the Office of Operations and Administration; please reach out to 732-235-6202 for additional information.
Newark Health Sciences Campus
The lactation room is located on G-level of the Medical Science Building (MSB G649). The room contains lockers and a refrigerator. Access to the room is limited. For access, SGS Newark-RBHS students and NJMS postdoctoral researchers can contact Dr. Ellen Townes-Anderson at andersel@njms.rutgers.edu.
Rutgers New Brunswick
Bunting Lounge, Douglass Student Center, 3rd Floor
You must check in at the Information Desk to gain access to the room.
Contact: 848-932-9372
Monday – Friday: 7am to 1am
Saturday – Sunday: 10am to 1am
Directions can be found here
Alexander Library, College Ave Campus
You must sign in at the Circulation desk to gain access to the room.
Contact: 848-932-7851
Monday – Thursday: 7:45am - midnight
Friday: 7:45am - 9:00pm
Saturday: 10 am – 6:00pm
Sunday: 11:00 am - midnight
Directions can be found here
Livingston Student Center, Room 106A
Contact: 848-445-0405
Monday – Friday: 8am – 12am
Saturday – Sunday: 11am – 12am
No forms or paperwork will be necessary to complete, however please make sure to bring a valid RUID. Students must show RUID to the Student Center staff at the Information Desk to gain access to the room.