Family Child Care

Sponsored by the Air Force Aid Society by the Air Force Aid Society, the AFAS VOL Program is designed to recognize the importance of volunteers to the installation community by assisting with child care expenses. The funding is not intended to replace other funding for that may be available for this purpose, but rather, to provide additional funds to increase the number of volunteers at the installation.

Eligibility Requirements

• Member of the Air Force
• Active Duty
• Completed Child Care for Volunteers Certificate obtained from the Airman & Family Readiness Center (AFRC).

Process

• Once the certificate is obtained from the AFRC contact the Family Child Care (FCC) office at 660.687.5590 to obtain the names and contact information of current FCC providers.
• Schedule care with FCC provider.
• Record care on the forms provided. Be sure to sign the forms.

Note: If there are no FCC providers available at the desired time then CCCC will send the CDC an email certifying the non-availability of FCC providers for AFAS PCS Care.

The BC Program is designed to assist families with civilian and military appointments to deal with a fallen warrior.

Eligibility Requirements

• Fallen Warrior was a Member of the Military Service
• Fallen Warrior was an Active Duty or Reserve/Guard Member in activated status
• No other Adult in the household available to provide care
• Completed AF ECC Request

Process

• Once AFSVC approves the AF FCC ECC you will be contacted and given the names and contact information of current FCC providers.
• Schedule care with FCC provider contact the FCC office at 660.687.1672 to inform them of the schedule.
• Schedule will be entered online and you will receive an email confirmation.

The Deployment/Remote Assignment Child Care Support allows families 16 hours for pre-deployment, 16 hours each month of the deployment/remote assignment, and 16 hours post deployment. AF FCC Deployment Child Care support may be used once the member has orders and ends 60 days upon return from the deployment. AF FCC Remote Assignment Child Care may be used each month the member is on remote assignment.

Eligibility Requirements

• Member of the Military Service
• Active Duty or Reserve/Guard Member in Active Status
• Assigned to or working on the installation
• Deployed in support of contingency operation
• Deployed for a minimum of 30 calendar days or personnel who routinely deploy on a short-term basis (cumulative of 30 days in a 6 month period)
• Copy of deployment orders/PCS orders
• Completed AF FCC Expanded Child Care Request

Scheduling Process

• You submit an ECC request for DCC and a copy of the deployment orders.
• Paperwork is submitted for AFSVC approval. If you know the dates and times you would like DCC, submit that information as well with your paperwork, otherwise submit dates and times separately. AFSVC approves your specific requests with dates & times and then it is scheduled with available providers.

The EMC Program is designed to assist families who are experiencing a medical situation with an immediate family member.

Eligibility Requirements

• Member of the Military Service
• Active Duty or Reserve/Guard Member in activated status
• Assigned to or working on the installation
• No other adult in the household available to provide care
• Medical statement for immediate family member
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request

The EDC Program is designed to assist families when weekly parental workloads, due to extended duty hours, exceeds the normal operating hours of the facility where they are already purchasing full-time care.

Examples:

• mission related duty
• extended duty days
• temporary shift change (not to exceed 3 working days),
• rapid mobilization
• dual military or single parent deployment until alternate child care is arranged
• federal holidays, installation wide down days when DAF Child and Youth Programs are closed and parents are required to work
• mandatory PT

Eligibility Requirements

• Member of the Military Service Active Duty, Reserve/Guard Member in activated status, or DOD Civilian
• Assigned to or working on the installation
• Must be scheduled to work – work must directly impact the mission
• No other adult in the household available to provide care
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request

The FCC 24/7 Child Care Program is designed to assist families when their work schedules are outside the normal operating hours of the facility where they are already purchasing full-time care.

This program is specifically designed to support shift workers and any personnel who are required to work overnights, holidays, and weekends (e.g. Security Forces, Command Post, Fire Department, Medical, Force support, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, and Distributed Common Ground System).

Eligibility Requirements:

• Member of the Military Service
• Active Duty, Reserve/Guard Member in activated status, or DOD Civilian
• Assigned to or working on the installation
• Must be scheduled to work – work must directly impact the mission
• No other adult in the household available to provide care
• Must be purchasing full-time care
• Copy of schedule
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request

The HCC Program is designed to provide child care for those members of the Guard and Reserves (CAT A and B) during their regularly scheduled, or properly re-scheduled, drill periods.

The care is for Training Periods and Unit Training Assemblies only. Other forms of Inactive Duty training (e.g. RMPs and AFTPs) do not qualify for HCC. In addition, individuals on active duty orders (e.g. AT, ADOS, MPA, or RPA) do not qualify for HCC.

Up to three UTA weekends can be put on one HCC request.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Member of the Military Service
• Reserve or Guard
• Assigned to an Air Force Guard or Reserve Unit/Installation
• No other adult in the household available to provide care
• AF Form 40As must be provided for Rescheduled Drills
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request

MSAC is designed to provide child care for spouses to attend approved appointments related to key aspects of military life.

Eligibility Requirements

• Spouse of a member of the Military Service Active Duty or Reserve/Guard
• Member in an active duty status
  Member of the Military Service Active Duty, Reserve/Guard Member in an Active Duty status, or DoD Civilian
• Assigned to, living or working on the installation
•  Spouse must be attending an approved appointment

Examples of Approved Appointments

• Medical appointments
• Classes offered by Airmen and Family Readiness Centers, Chaplain, Family Advocacy, and Medical Agencies
• Employment opportunities
• Job interviews
• Initial job training/new employee orientation

Note

• Volunteer opportunities are not an approved appointment.
• Appointments for active duty military members are not eligible, unless the active duty member must attend the appointment with their spouse.

The PCS Program is designed to help relieve some of the stress felt by families in the process of a PCS move or transitioning from the military. Army, Navy, and Marine families assigned to, living on, or working on an AF led installation are eligible for both the PCS and Transition Child Care Programs.

AF families are eligible for the Transition Assistance Child Care.

Note: AF families receive PCS Child Care from the AFAS PCS.

Army, Navy, and Marine families PCSing are eligible for 20 hours of child care per child at both the departing and inbound installations. These families may use the child care 60 days before the family’s departure and 60 days upon arriving at the new installation.

Transitioning families are eligible for child care based on scheduled appointments/ transition classes.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Member of the Military Service
• Active Duty
• Active Duty Member Retiring
• Copy of PCS orders or Transition Assistance Program Registration
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request

The RPAC2 is available at the following Active Duty installations: Cannon, Creech, Davis Monthan, Ellsworth, Holloman, Shaw, and Whiteman. It is also available at the following ANG/AFR installations: Fargo, Houston, March, Nashville, Springfield, and Syracuse.

It is designed to provide child care for spouses to attend approved appointments, if the sponsor is assigned to a RPA location. Examples of approved appointments are medical appointments, classes offered by installation agencies, and employment opportunities.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Member of the Military Service
• Active Duty or Reserve/Guard Member in activated status
• Assigned to a RPA location
• No other adult in the household available to provide care
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request

The Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPAC) Extended Duty Care Program is available at the following Active Duty Installations: Cannon, Creech, Davis Monthan, Ellsworth, Holloman, Shaw, and Whiteman. It is also available at the following ANG/AFR installations: Fargo, Houston, March, Nashville, Springfield, and Syracuse.

It is designed to provide overnight, weekend, and holiday care for those members assigned to the RPA mission.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Member of the Military Service
• Active Duty or Reserve/Guard Member in activated status
• Assigned to RPA location
• No other adult in the household available to provide care
• Must be purchasing full-time care
• Copy of schedule
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request

The EFMP RCP is designed to assist Department of the Air Force families with short-term, specialized child care (to help reduce the stresses associated with caring for an exceptional family member). The program provides 40 hours of care each month for both the EFMP child and siblings up to age 13. For those young adults, between 19- 23 years of age, and they are identified as the Exceptional Family Member, Respite Child Care may be available on a case-by-case basis. For additional EFMP RCP information call, 1.800.443.4828

Eligibility Requirements:

• Member of the Air Force
• Active Duty or Reserve/Guard Member in activated status
• Verification of at least one family member who has been identified as an Exceptional Family Member (EFMP) and is moderate/severe.
• Airman must be Q-Coded

How to Apply

• EFMP Verification Form—issued by FCC or AFRC—requires medical provider’s signature
• “Q-code” verification letter—issued by MDG
• Turn verification letters in the Community Child Care Coordinator
• Your paper work will be uploaded to AFSVC for approval.

Once approved you and your family’s information will be uploaded and you will be informed of the approval. AFSVC researches, in most cases, an appropriate respite care provider for your EFMP member and will inform you directly of the assigned provider.

You schedule respite care directly with the provider and then email the CCCC the agreed upon schedule. The CCCC enters the schedule into the online AF FCC Subsidy system and you receive an email confirmation.

The SUB Program is designed to assist family’s utilization of an FC home and pay the same weekly fee they would be charged for child care in an Air Force Child Development Center (CDC) or Air Force School-Age Care (SAC) Program.

Currently, Air Force is buying down the cost of child care for all families using FCC, regardless of their waitlist status, children/youth with special needs, and parents that work outside the normal operating hours of the CDC or SAC

Eligibility Requirements:

• Member of Military Service Active Duty, Reserve/Guard Members in Activated Status, and DOD Civilians
• All adults living in the household must be either working or enrolled in school
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request Packet

The WWC Program is designed to assist families when the Wounded Warrior has medical and/or military appointments.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Member of the Military Service with a Wounded Warrior Status
• Active Duty or Reserve/Guard Member in activated status
• Retiree
• No other adult in the household available to provide care
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request