[jQuery] Add magically?

[Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com]

Can jQuery add a div in a specific location?
 
I currently have :
 
<li>
          <div class="loading" id="loading_programs"></div>
          <div id="programs">
            <dl class="entry" >
              <dt>Programs</dt>
              <dd class="skills">
                <?php foreach ($user['Program'] as $program): 
      echo $program['name'] . ', ';
        endforeach; ?>
              </dd>
            </dl>
          </div>
          </li>
 
But rather than hard coding the <div class="loading"
id="loading_programs"></div>.loading div into every spot its needed. The
page structure is pretty simple with about 5 blocks of code in sucesion like
the one above for various elements on a page.
 
So in this example can i add before div id="programs">?
 
thanks,
 
Dave