Bright Horizons Enhanced Family Supports

MIT benefits-eligible staff, faculty, and postdocs have access to savings on a number of family and education support services.

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If you have an existing Bright Horizons College Coach account, please use those credentials to log in.

On the “Enhanced Family Supports” tab, click “Explore benefits”

If you need help

If you need assistance with registration or have questions, please call Bright Horizons at 877-242-2737 (available 24/7).

Discounts Offered

Current discounts and services are subject to change. Please check the Bright Horizons website for the latest information.

Sittercity: A free, premium Sittercity membership will help you find babysitters, housekeepers, pet care, and more—and includes unlimited basic background checks at no cost.

Jovie: Jovie works with families to provide screened and trained full- or part-time nannies and regular or on-demand babysitters.

Preferred Enrollment at Bright Horizons Child Care Centers: Gain access to available full-time child care spaces in Bright Horizons centers ahead of the general community.

Child Care Tuition Discounts: Various tuition discounts are available at participating centers in Bright Horizons’ partner network (excluding Bright Horizons centers).

Steve & Kate’s Camp: Steve & Kate’s Camp includes summer and school break camps—with locations across the country—that operate around your needs, where kids take chances and shape their experience, choosing from a number of creative, active, enriching, and fun activities each day.

Revolution Prep: Revolution Prep offers premium academic support and test preparation for students in grades K-12, including personalized tutoring with a curriculum tailored to each child’s needs and interests and step-by-step test preparation with a full-time, highly trained tutor.

Varsity Tutors: Varsity Tutors offers virtual tutoring in one-on-one and small group formats on more than 3,000 subjects. In addition, you can access hundreds of enriching online classes, camps, and extracurriculars for children ages 5-18, as well as online learning tools including instant homework help, adaptive testing, and learning labs.

Sylvan Learning: Sylvan offers in-person and virtual tutoring and test prep for students in grades K-12, designed around a child’s strengths and needs, and aligned with state standards.

MarcoPolo World School: MarcoPolo World School is a learning app featuring award-winning STEAM and literacy content designed by early education specialists. The app includes over 500 premium video lessons and 3,000 interactive learning activities.

Little Passports: Little Passports is a service that provides globally inspired, art and science activities and stories. Kids will build and foster independence and curiosity through hands-on adventures that encourage exploration.

codeSpark: codeSpark is a learn-to-code app—full of engaging skill-building opportunities—that teaches children the basics of computer programming.

NAPS: NAPS provides families with resources to navigate through the stages of pregnancy and early parenting through personalized support by trained medical professionals. Their services include live and on-demand courses and webinars, parenting support groups, "Ask a Nurse," and expert-led consultations (breastfeeding, sleep).

BabySparks: BabySparks is an app offering thousands of activities for parents to do with their children ages 0-3 and includes resources to track childhood milestones.

Other Services Available Through Bright Horizons

MIT also offers eligible employees access to backup child care, backup adult care, and elder care advising.