Our Rates

  • These rates include meals in our food program.
  • Field trip expenses are not included in tuition rates. Parents must pay in cash before each field trip.
  • We accept County Assistance & Scholarships to supplement the full cost of tuition.
  • Part-time (PT) rates are based on five or fewer hours per day.

Infant – 6 weeks to 16 months

  • 2 days/week: FT – $275 / PT – $206
  • 3 days/week: FT – $331 / PT – $286
  • 4 days/week: FT – $357 / PT – $299
  • 5 days/week: FT – $385 / PT – $310

Toddler – 16 months to 3 years

  • 2 days/week: FT – $241 / PT – $171
  • 3 days/week: FT – $288 / PT – $234
  • 4 days/week: FT – $319 / PT – $247
  • 5 days/week: FT – $343 / PT – $270

Preschool – 3 to 5 years

  • 2 days/week: FT – $217 / PT – $166
  • 3 days/week: FT – $267 / PT – $220
  • 4 days/week: FT – $294 / PT – $229
  • 5 days/week: FT – $321 / PT – $247

Little Lambs Rates

DCLC offers morning preschool for families in addition to our childcare opportunities.

  • Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Includes lunch
  • Monday – Friday: $144/week
  • Monday/Wednesday/Friday: $113/week

Enrollment & Tuition Policies

  • Registration Fee: A $100 per child fee is applicable for registration or schedule changes. This fee is non-refundable.
  • Deposit Fee: One week’s tuition is required upon enrollment to hold a spot. This enrollment fee is nonrefundable, but we can apply it to your child’s first week of tuition.
  • Tuition Accounts: Parents must pay tuition in full through a pre-authorized form that will allow us to debit your checking or savings account. Withdrawals come out on Mondays.
  • Multiple Child Discount: We offer a $15 per week discount off the lowest applicable tuition rate, when two or more children from one family are enrolled full time.
  • Late Fee: A $1 per minute charge will be applicable when you pick up your child after 6:00 p.m. Late fees charge to your account. You will receive an invoice that you are expected to pay within a week. Failure to pay this will result in additional late fees (at the full amount) as outlined in the Parent Handbook.
  • Absences: We will charge full rate for absences.
  • Holidays: You must pay for scheduled holidays. If a holiday falls on a Saturday we will be closed on Friday. If a holiday falls on a Sunday we will be closed on Monday. Our holidays include: New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day. We are closed for In-Service/Cleaning Days. Dates are located in the yearly calendar.
  • Vacations: A full-week discount will apply for a one-week vacation per family if the family provides a two week written notice. Your child must be enrolled for six months before using one free week a year.

Scheduling & Center Closures

  • Withdrawal or Change in Schedule: Parents must give a two week written notice. When you give your two-week notice, you are also responsible to pay for those final two weeks.
  • Snow Days: If the Columbia Heights (District 13) school closes, we will also close. Full tuition will be applicable, whether it’s a day or part of a day lost to weather related closings. If Columbia Heights as an eLearning day, Julie and Pastor Hugo will make the decision whether to stay open or close. For cold weather, Julie & Pastor Hugo will make the decision to close.