Introduction

Thank you for your interest in The University of New Mexico Children's Campus for Early Care and Education (UNMCC). The UNMCC has been accredited by the National Academy for Early Childhood Programs and The Children, Youth & Families Department's AIM High Program. We are also a five star licensed child care facility with the state of New Mexico.

The UNMCC maintains a waiting list for all families interested in enrollment in our traditional program. Waiting List applications are accepted on an on-going basis. All applications must be submitted through the on-line waiting list application process. Should you have any questions you may contact us at (505) 277-3365 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Affiliation

Families are not required to be affiliated with the University of New Mexico in order to place a child on the waiting list. However, affiliation is required once the UNMCC makes a formal offer of enrollment into our traditional program. Proof of affiliation will be required at the time the acceptance of enrollment form is signed. Affiliation will subsequently be verified each semester. UNM affiliation is considered active staff, faculty, medical residents or students of the University. Failure to maintain UNM affiliation may lead to immediate disenrollment from the UNMCC.

Application Process

Please familiarize yourself with all of the UNMCC policies and procedures for application to the waiting list. It is essential that families comply with these policies and procedures in order to maintain their status on the waiting list.

An application must be submitted for each child placed on the waiting list. Please fill out the application completely and as accurately as possible. If you are completing the application for an unborn child, you may use an anticipated date of birth in place of the child's actual birthdate.

Our average waiting list “wait” time ranges from about 2 ½ to 3 years. We encourage families to plan ahead and place themselves on the waiting list as soon as possible.

Once the application has been submitted, children are automatically placed into one of seven separate waiting lists based on their birthdate. These include: an unborn list; an infant list; a toddler1 list; a toddler2 list; a preschool list; a prek list; and a school-age list. Children on the waiting list will be automatically merged into the appropriate list based on their original application date as they get older. There is no need to resubmit a new application. The move from one list to another may impact your previous waiting list number as you will be merged into an existing list.

Mailings

Mailings are sent out for each applicant placed on the waiting list every March and October informing each waiting list family of where they currently are on the waiting list. This is an opportunity for you to update any information that has changed since the last mailing. It is the families responsibility to make sure the UNMCC always has current addresses and phone numbers on file. Failure to provide this information could result in the family not receiving a mailing and being removed from the waiting list.

Mailings must be returned to the UNMCC along with the applicable fee, postmarked by the deadline specified on the mailing, in order to remain on the waiting list. If you do not return a mailing by the specified date your child will be removed from the waiting list. Unfortunately we are unable to make any exceptions.

Failure to return the mailing and waiting list fee by the specified deadline will be handled as follows: 1) If the mailing and waiting list fee is not received the family is removed from the list; 2) If the mailing and waiting list fee are received/postmarked after the stated deadline the family is moved on the waiting list based on the date that the mailing and fee were actually received; 3) If the mailing is received without the fee it is considered incomplete and the child is removed from the waiting list.

Upon receipt of a returned mailing, it is date stamped, checked off as received and processed. Approximately 2 weeks after the mailing deadline, UNMCC staff are able to provide families with information regarding their updated status on the waiting list.

Families who did not receive their mailing must contact the Children's Campus as soon as possible, but no later then 30 days following a mailing. If the Children's Campus is not notified of a problem within 30 days of the mailing date, the child will be moved on the waiting list based on the date we were first notified of the situation. No exceptions will be made.

Fees

There is not an initial fee to place your child on the waiting list. There is however a $25 non-refundable fee per child twice a year to offset the cost of maintaining the waiting list. This is due with the March and October mailing in the form of check or money order payable to the UNMCC. This fee does not apply to children who are unborn and not currently eligible for services. There is not a discount offered for families with multiple children on the waiting list.

Priority

Children are offered enrollment at the UNMCC based on the following priority status: 1) the family has siblings currently enrolled at the UNMCC; 2) at least one parent is currently an active student at UNM; 3) staff and faculty

Student priority is offered as part of the UNMCC’s primary mission to provide support for student families as they complete their degree program. Student priority is given to active UNM students enrolled in a minimum of three (3) credit hours for the current semester. Families offered enrollment based on student status must maintain three (3) credit hours and remain an active student for a minimum of one (1) full semester following enrollment. Failure to maintain student status for the required semester may result in immediate disenrollment from the UNMCC.

Acceptance

Children are generally accepted into the program in July for August enrollment, in December for January enrollment, and throughout the year as openings occur.  Once your child has been offered enrollment with the UNM Children's Campus, you will be given until the close of the following business day (5:30 pm) to verbally accept the offer of enrollment.  If you do not accept the offer within the stated timeframe, the offer becomes void and the Children's Campus will move on to the next person on the waiting list.  Once you have verbally accepted the offer of enrollment, you will have until the close of the following business day (5:30 pm) to come in and sign an acceptance of enrollment form.  If you do not come in to sign the acceptance of enrollment form within the stated timeframe, the offer becomes void and the Children's Campus will move on to the next child on the waiting list.

At the time of signature on the acceptance of enrollment form, you will be required to provide proof of the contracting parent's UNM affiliation as well as the contracting parent's UNM Banner Identification Number.  Once you have signed the acceptance of enrollment form, you will be responsible for payment of all tuition and fees incurred as outlined on the Children's Campus rate sheet.  This includes but is not limited to a security deposit, registration fee, administrative fee, and the first month's tuition.

Should you decide not to attend the Children's Campus after signing the acceptance of enrollment form and prior to the child's first day of attendance or anytime within the first 30 days of enrollment, you will not be eligible for a refund of the security deposit, registration fee, administrative fee, or first month's tuition.  After 30 days of enrollment, you are eligible for a refund of your security deposit if your account is in good standing and you have provided the Children's Campus with 30 days written notice of withdrawal.