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.
New Hampshire Governor: $20 Million for Child Care Programs Published on
Concord, NH (STL.News) Governor Chris Sununu announced that the NH Department of Health and Human Services received nearly $20 million from the federal government as part of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSA) to support child care programs across the state.
“All throughout the pandemic, we have worked hard to ensure that our child care programs have remained open, supporting New Hampshire families with this critical service,” said Governor Chris Sununu. “Child care programs have offered much stability and a sense of normalcy for many of NH’s children, and the state has supported the needs of the industry through the pandemic with innovative, record level funding streams. This additional infusion of funds will assist in the continued stabilization of child care programs.”