“We can’t have a military without child care,” Col. Harry D. Hung, deputy joint base commander and vice installation commander at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, said. “Without quality and affordable child care, we are losing talent. If we take care of our families, we can have a vibrant economy. The problem is not just one for local military installations to solve. It takes business stakeholders, including area economic development offices, chambers and more.”
“We can’t have a military without child care,” Col. Harry D. Hung, deputy joint base commander and vice installation commander at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, said. “Without quality and affordable child care, we are losing talent. If we take care of our families, we can have a vibrant economy. The problem is not just one for local military installations to solve. It takes business stakeholders, including area economic development offices, chambers and more.”
Since March 2020, when much of the country began to shelter in place due to the COVID 19 pandemic, Fort Meade child care services at Fort Meade essentially halted except for service for families whose jobs were considered essential to the national security mission.