Childcare

UNC operates a network of three childcare centers that provide affordable before- and after-school care, as well as preschool services. We understand that dependable and safe childcare at competitive rates is crucial to the stability of working families. Likewise, the quality of that care is key to the early development of the child. Your children will receive the highest quality of care with UNC. Our centers are licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services and operate weekdays from 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  All three of our centers have 4-STAR ratings, the highest designation from the Keystone STARS childcare quality rating program. We accept Lackawanna County Early Learning Resource Center subsidy and other funding, as well as paying families. Our centers offer: 

• Care for toilet-trained children ages 3 through 13. 
• Free transportation to and from Dunmore, Riverside, and Scranton schools. 
• Free hot and cold breakfast, lunch, and snacks. 
• After-school homework help. 
• Emergency care for snow days, early dismissals, and other days off from school. 
• Preschool programs for children ages 3 to 5 with flexible hours and an instructional early learning curriculum approved by the PA Department of Education. 

For more information about UNC’s childcare centers, see below, or call UNC’s Director of Children and Teens, Kelly Langan, at 272-228-1352. 

Child Care Program Locations

UNC Child Care Center Transportation Services

Progressive Child Care Center
414 Oliver Street, Scranton
570-207-4950

• John Adams Elementary School
• John G. Whittier Elementary School
• McNichols Plaza Elementary School 
• Northeast Scranton Intermediate School
• South Scranton Intermediate School 
• William Prescott Elementary School 

Green Ridge Child Care Center
1917 Boulevard Avenue, Scranton
570-961-2224

• Dunmore Elementary School 
• Dunmore Middle School 
• Neil Armstrong Elementary School 
• Robert Morris Elementary School 

Bellevue Child Care Center
531 Emmett Street, Scranton
570-342-5251

• Charles Sumner Elementary School 
• Frances Willard Elementary School 
• Isaac Tripp Elementary School
• John F. Kennedy Elementary School
• Riverside Elementary School East
• Riverside Elementary School West 
• West Scranton Intermediate School 

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

1. mail:
   U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
   1400 Independence Avenue, SW
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. fax:
   (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. email:
   Program.Intake@usda.gov