ALBANY COUNTY — The University at Albany is among the state campuses to receive funds to expand and upgrade its child-care center.
The initiative includes the distribution of $4.5 million in federal and state funding to support current centers, a program to train the next generation of child-care professionals, and the development of a long-term plan to achieve Governor Kathy Hochul’s State of the State goal to eliminate child care deserts across the state university system, according to a release from the governor’s office.

During the 2020-2021 academic year, SUNY served 1,200 student parents with more than 4,000 child care spots across the 46 SUNY campuses that have a child care center onsite.

The centers also serve faculty, staff, and state employees, as well as the neighboring community — each using about a third of total child-care spots. Eighteen more centers are currently needed to fully cover all 64 of SUNY's campuses statewide, the release said.