Cutting Federal Workforce: Federal Daycares?

[Anonymous]

Federal centers accept non federal employees kids if there are no govt families wanting the spot. So they can easily fill any spots left open

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Federal centers accept non federal employees kids if there are no govt families wanting the spot. So they can easily fill any spots left open

Not if the program is discontinued.

[Anonymous]

Didn't many of them shut down for a very long time during the pandemic? The Silver Spring Bright Horizons at NOAA shut down permanently. I don't think they will do well without feds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The employees are Feds so I’m sure that once jobs are reallocated to men, there won’t be a need for federal childcare since women will be at home.

I wish I were joking but I am not. Did the providers get the fork?

Federal daycares are not staffed by federal employees. They are contracted to a local provider to operate and staff the center on federal property.

The staff at my on-site daycare are federal employees.

[Anonymous]

I would ask around and start getting yourself on to some other lists. It’s very easy to see a world where that creep Russ Vought seeks to get even for his wife divorcing him by taking it out on all working moms. Project 2025 was already coming for us. Don’t assume your spots are safe or the contracts won’t be canceled on a moment’s notice.

[Anonymous]

Apparently they are at risk and the GSA office that oversaw the federal daycares was DOGEed:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/03/30/gsa-child-care-centers-federal-buildings/