The School Age Child Care (SACC) program is licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care and is designed for working parents with children ages 5 through 13. SACC operates from 2:00 to 6:00 pm during regular school days. On school vacations, SACC offers full-day care from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm (small additional fee required for vacation weeks).

The goal of SACC Programs is to create a “seamless day”, connecting the school, after school and the home.  With everyone working together to educate and nurture our children, we will collectively raise intelligent, productive and well-adjusted young adults to lead us in the future.

SACC's structured programs offer homework support, math and literacy classes; an earth science program; physical activity, health, nutrition, and wellness; arts & humanities classes; chess club; and technology.  For middle school students, we also offer fashion design, break dancing and leadership development. 

Over the years, the School Age Child Care Program has expanded to 11 sites in Dorchester, Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, and Charlestown with the main site as Bird Street Community Center, 500 Columbia Road, Dorchester. The satellites include: David A. Ellis School at 302 Walnut Avenue, Roxbury; the R.W. Emerson School at 6 Shirley Street, Roxbury; the Nathan Hale School at 51 Cedar Street, Roxbury; the William E. Russell Elementary School, 750 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA; Orchard Gardens K-8 School, 906 Albany Street, Roxbury, MA; the Higginson Lewis K2-8 School, 131 Walnut Ave, Roxbury, MA; The Clarence Edwards Middle School in Charlestown; and new in the fall of 2010, the William Monroe Trotter Elementary School, 135 Humboldt Ave., Dorchester, MA 02121; the Paul A. Dever Elementary School Extended Learning Time Program on 325 Mount Vernon Street in Dorchester, 02125; and the James Hennigan Elementary School on 200 Heath Street in Jamaica Plain (beginning in November of 2010).

If your children are enrolled in the Boston Public Schools, arrangements may be made to transport your children to BSCC sites. For help with transportation questions contact the Boston Public Schools at (617) 635-9520.

SACC also offers a summer camp, Summer Day Getaway Program, located on 1100 acres of woods and ponds at Hale Reservation in Westwood, Massachusetts. Information for this program becomes available on February 1st of each year.  Families that register before April 1 receive a substantial discount.  The applications and information are listed on the website on February 1. 

Tuition: Bird Street offers quality programming that is subsidized for low and very low income families. The current rate is $50 for the first child and $25 for siblings per week. We accept vouchers from Child Care Choices of Boston and we have a limited number of slots for income eligible families. The Summer Day Getaway Program fee for summer 2011 will be $1120 for all registrations received prior to April 1, 2011. After that date, the Fee will become $1200 for eight weeks, 7:30 AM to 5:45 PM, Monday through Friday. Families may register for a minimum of one session of two weeks for $280 per session before April 1 and $300 after April 1.