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[quote=Anonymous]Wanted to give a heads up families using the CDC at DoD facilities.

[url]https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2020/02/25/working-military-families-will-soon-get-more-access-to-dod-child-care/[/url]

[quote]Working military families will get higher priority in Defense Department child care programs under a new policy signed by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.

The changes take effect June 1.

Not only does the new policy give these families priority, it would allow officials to displace children who are already in a child development program, whose parents are in a lower priority category, if the military family is expected to be on a wait list for more than 45 days after the time they need child care.

For example, the policy changes moves DoD civilians down on the priority list. If a military family moving into the area is expected to be on a wait list for more than 45 days, a DoD civilian family’s child could be displaced from the DoD child care program to make room for that military child, with a minimum of 45 days notice to the civilian family.[/quote]

A group of people I work with who would be affected by this have been trying to get more information from the CDC centers at JBAB, but the people that run the centers there also found out about this policy change just recently. They do not have any guidance on how it is determined which children would be selected to be removed from the CDC in the event that a military family were to need a spot.

We have been trying to figure out if there is a parents group for the JBAB CDC. Apparently Ft Myer CDC has a parents group, but we are all looking at the JBAB CDC. Would anybody happen to know if one exists, and if so, their contact information?

Thanks[/quote]

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