Family
The MyFamily @ Berkeley Lab website provides a centralized location for parents and others to find information on services related to children, youth, elders, pets, and self-care.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) helps employees and their family members find solutions to personal and work-related challenges through counseling, consultation, assessment, and referrals. All services are voluntary, confidential, and free of charge.
The Berkeley Lab Parents Network is a group for employees to share tips, resources, activity ideas, and other helpful tools for supporting parents and their families.
A fellow parent in the Berkeley Lab's HR department put together this Google Sheet of parenting resources including family/kid friendly websites, activities and healthy recipes.Â
This website for mental health resources for kids has excellent resources and downloadable activities and books for caregivers
Conference Childcare Resources
Some conferences provide support, check conference website
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) provides resources for their speakers, https://www.ascb.org/grants-awards/grants/
Lab's subsidized emergency back-up care to use a childcare center or nanny at the conference location, https://hr.lbl.gov/service/benefits/back-up-care-program/
211.org which is a great tool for locating nationwide resources
Utilize the local YMCA/YWCA's for referrals to short-term or emergency child care providers across the US