CARES (Before & After School Care)

Saints Simon and Jude CARES program offers before and after school care to all Saints Simon and Jude school children. Our CARES program provides care, supervision, recreation and enrichment activities for your children. It serves families who desire both parochial school education and before/after school daycare in a Catholic environment. The CARES program is staffed by experienced, devoted and committed personnel.

Afternoon CARES is available from dismissal to 6:00 pm. Morning CARES is available from 7:00 - 8:20 am (not available on days with a school delay). Any Pre-K student arriving at school before 8:20 must be registered in the CARES program.

We are changing the way you will pay for your CARES account. Instead of paying us weekly (we will no longer be accepting payments when you pick up your children), you will be setting up a “Prepaid” account in FACTS for us to draw against. After you register you will receive an email invitation to set up your Pre-Pay account . At the end of each week, we will generate an invoice based on your usage of the service and that will draw against your prepaid account. You will receive a notice from FACTS once your account reaches $30.00 to add additional funds This is the same thing that many of you have already been doing with us by paying ahead. You will also have the ability to get any reports you may need for FSA reimbursement or tax returns directly from your account at any time.

Interested families should complete the online Registration Form and one Health Emergency Form per child by clicking the following links:

|CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THE ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM|

|CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THE HEALTH EMERGENCY INFORMATION FORM|

You may also print hard copies of the documents listed on this page, or obtain them in the School's main office.

All students MUST have completed registration and health forms, with registration fee per child, paid before being admitted to the CARES Program. Please submit the hard copies to the attention of Mary Kay in the rectory office along with the non-refundable registration fee of $25.00 per child. Make checks payable to Saints Simon and Jude. Please contact Mary Kay at 610-696-3624 or by email at mklack @simonandjude.org if you have any questions.

ENROLLMENT
CARES is available to all students enrolled at Saints Simon and Jude School.

HOURS
Morning: (AM CARES) - 7:00 - 8:20 AM
Afternoon: (PM CARES) - 3:00 - 6:00 PM
Half Day: (EXTENDED) - 11:45 am - 6:00 pm (Extended CARES is offered on most half days).

REGISTRATION FEES
Registration - non-refundable........................... $25.00 per child
(Please submit $25.00 Registration Fee for each child when submitting an application)

HOURLY RATES
One Child............................................................ $8.00 per hour
Two or More Children.......................................... $14.00 per hour
Late Pick Up........................................................ $5.00 for every 10 minutes or fraction thereof

PAYMENTS

WEEKLY PAYMENTS ARE REQUIRED

Please give payments directly to a Staff Associate on the last day CARES is used that week. No child will be admitted to the program unless all registration and health forms have been submitted and payments are current. Accepted forms of payment: cash or check (made payable to SSJ CARES). We now accept credit cards, there is a 3% convenience fee.

SCHEDULE AND RATES

HOURS	ONE CHILD	TWO OR MORE
0.5	$4.00	$7.00
1	$8.00	$14.00
1.5	$12.00	$21.00
2	$16.00	$28.00
2.5	$20.00	$35.00
3	$24.00	$42.00
3.5	$28.00	$49.00
4	$32.00	$56.00
4.5	$36.00	$63.00
5	$40.00	$70.00
5.5	$44.00	$77.00
6	$48.00	$84.00
6.5	$52.00	$91.00
7	$56.00	$98.00

IMPORTANT NOTE:
For Parents/Guardians who will only be using CARES on an occasional basis: You are required to email your child/children's teacher and CARES before 2:00 PM on the days your child/children will attend.

EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER – During CARES hours of operation: 484-612-5759 or CARES@simonandjude.org.