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Norcross Defense Fellow Honored for Work to Improve Lives of Military Families; First Ever Defense Fellow to Receive Award
February 18, 2021, 4:30 pm | in
Norcross Defense Fellow Honored for Work to Improve Lives of Military Families; First Ever Defense Fellow to Receive Award
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced today that the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) has awarded Norcross’ 2020 Defense Legislative Fellow, Major Craig A. Overholt, the Colonel Paul W. Arcari Meritorious Service Award, an award that honors congressional staffers who have made significant contributions to the military community.
The award comes following the hard work Major Overholt has done this year on Department of Defense child care issues. Major Overholt worked on a provision included in this year’s National Defenses Authorization Act (NDAA) that provides an on base housing preference for servicemembers whose spouse is a certified Family Child Care provider and is willing to open their house to provide child care. Wait times for child care at an on-base Child Development Center (CDC) can be over a year, forcing many military families who live on base to find child care options off-base. This amendment will provide for more on base child care options, while helping to alleviate the strain on CDC wait times.