The Defense Department recognizes that a shortage of affordable child care is a serious issue for many families. Therefore, the DoD is taking a variety of proactive steps to increase the accessibility of affordable child care for military families, including changing access rules for child development centers and piloting a fee assistance program for in-home child care.
In addition to installation Child Development Centers and Family Child Care Providers, the military branches have a program to assist with the cost of community-based child care if you aren't able to get a space through the on-base programs. This program is called the Fee Assistance program and is administered by Child Care Aware of America.