By the Numbers: 18 December 2017
160,000
The number of "eligible children of military personnel and certain civilian employees" who receive "some form of care" through DOD’s child development program worldwide, according to a recent report from the Congressional Research Service, FY2018 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Issues.
This program, which provides subsidized childcare services operated on military installations, are "funded by a combination of appropriated and nonappropriated funds, meaning that they are partially a fee-generating activity. By statute the amount of appropriated funds used to operate CDC cannot be less than the estimated amount of child care fee receipts."
160,000
The number of "eligible children of military personnel and certain civilian employees" who receive "some form of care" through DOD’s child development program worldwide, according to a recent report from the Congressional Research Service, FY2018 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Issues.
This program, which provides subsidized childcare services operated on military installations, are "funded by a combination of appropriated and nonappropriated funds, meaning that they are partially a fee-generating activity. By statute the amount of appropriated funds used to operate CDC cannot be less than the estimated amount of child care fee receipts."