Services
Family Child Care
The Family Child Care (FCC) office has provided this child care option for McConnell AFB since 1989. The program offers flexibility in child care not available in the Child Development Center or School Age Program. Child care providers may choose to be open for full time, part time or hourly care. They may also choose the time of day and days of the week they provide care including night, day, weekend, shift care or short TDY care. Another advantage to McConnell families is that the FCC provider cares for a small group of children in a home environment.
One of the functions of the FCC program is to provide formal training and oversight for military spouses living in base housing who wish to become licensed as child care providers and state licensed or registered spouses and retirees off base who wish to be affiliated with the FCC. Orientation training sessions are routinely taught in order to make the program fully accessible to individuals.
Other base agencies help provide initial training for applicants giving them the opportunity to understand from the beginning how everyone works together in FCC. Safety and child care issues are addressed in the training along with guidelines for operating a business in the home. Applicants receive 24 hours of orientation training. FCC specific training sessions are held monthly to provide information of direct interest to providers. These two-hour sessions include a key topic plus educational opportunities, activity ideas, modules and assessment scheduling and so much more. Guest speakers are invited to cover mandatory training as well as topics of interests. Home visits are accomplished monthly to assure quality, safe child care for McConnell’s families.
Family Child Care Providers Wanted
for special needs, shift/weekend or day time child care. You may be licensed or affiliated to provide this care in your home if you are: an active duty or retired military spouse, the spouse of a military member who has separated from the service, a Department of Defense Employee.
Next Provider Classes: September 3-5, Contact the FCC office at 759-5783 for more information.
Announcement
To parents and base housing residents, a license is required for providing child care in any base housing unit. Child care is defined as caring for other families’ children more than 10 hours a week. (Example: four children for three hours, one afternoon is twelve hours), on a regular basis in an assigned government owned housing unit. There are a few exceptions to this definition that the Family Child Care staff would be happy to discuss with you. If you have questions or know someone providing child care without a license, call the Family Child Care office at 759-5783
Everyone needs a little FREE time
Returning home from a deployment* entitles you to 16 FREE hours of child care per child! It’s time you checked into the Returning Home Care Program for a little FREE time…just to do “whatever”. *Must be a 30 or more day deployment in direct support of Global War on Terrorism. Anyone who deploys a minimum of 30 days cumulative or over a 6 month period – in support of contingency operations may also qualify. Must be used within 30 days of returning from deployment. For more information contact Carol Southworth at 759-5783.
Extended Duty Care
For those times when you really need child care. Active duty members (any branch of service), reserve and guard members on active duty (any branch of service), and DoD civilians are eligible for this service. This service is generally available evenings and weekends after normal daytime child care hours. Eligible circumstances are: • Active duty parent deployed/TDY with student spouse or spouse working evenings/weekends, etc.
• Working extended hours beyond normal shift or shift not normally worked
• After-hours emergency due to recall, etc. or other child care cancellation
• Drill weekends or other Reserve/ANG training
• Free child care for children of military members who are returning from deployment (16 hours per child to age 12)
FCC Subsidy Program
Family Child Care fees for full time care are the same as the Child Development Center fees. Call 759-5783 for details.
One of the functions of the FCC program is to provide formal training and oversight for military spouses living in base housing who wish to become licensed as child care providers and state licensed or registered spouses and retirees off base who wish to be affiliated with the FCC. Orientation training sessions are routinely taught in order to make the program fully accessible to individuals.
Other base agencies help provide initial training for applicants giving them the opportunity to understand from the beginning how everyone works together in FCC. Safety and child care issues are addressed in the training along with guidelines for operating a business in the home. Applicants receive 24 hours of orientation training. FCC specific training sessions are held monthly to provide information of direct interest to providers. These two-hour sessions include a key topic plus educational opportunities, activity ideas, modules and assessment scheduling and so much more. Guest speakers are invited to cover mandatory training as well as topics of interests. Home visits are accomplished monthly to assure quality, safe child care for McConnell’s families.
Family Child Care Providers Wanted
for special needs, shift/weekend or day time child care. You may be licensed or affiliated to provide this care in your home if you are: an active duty or retired military spouse, the spouse of a military member who has separated from the service, a Department of Defense Employee.
Next Provider Classes: September 3-5, Contact the FCC office at 759-5783 for more information.
Announcement
To parents and base housing residents, a license is required for providing child care in any base housing unit. Child care is defined as caring for other families’ children more than 10 hours a week. (Example: four children for three hours, one afternoon is twelve hours), on a regular basis in an assigned government owned housing unit. There are a few exceptions to this definition that the Family Child Care staff would be happy to discuss with you. If you have questions or know someone providing child care without a license, call the Family Child Care office at 759-5783
Everyone needs a little FREE time
Returning home from a deployment* entitles you to 16 FREE hours of child care per child! It’s time you checked into the Returning Home Care Program for a little FREE time…just to do “whatever”. *Must be a 30 or more day deployment in direct support of Global War on Terrorism. Anyone who deploys a minimum of 30 days cumulative or over a 6 month period – in support of contingency operations may also qualify. Must be used within 30 days of returning from deployment. For more information contact Carol Southworth at 759-5783.
Extended Duty Care
For those times when you really need child care. Active duty members (any branch of service), reserve and guard members on active duty (any branch of service), and DoD civilians are eligible for this service. This service is generally available evenings and weekends after normal daytime child care hours. Eligible circumstances are: • Active duty parent deployed/TDY with student spouse or spouse working evenings/weekends, etc.
• Working extended hours beyond normal shift or shift not normally worked
• After-hours emergency due to recall, etc. or other child care cancellation
• Drill weekends or other Reserve/ANG training
• Free child care for children of military members who are returning from deployment (16 hours per child to age 12)
FCC Subsidy Program
Family Child Care fees for full time care are the same as the Child Development Center fees. Call 759-5783 for details.
759-5783
Carol Southworth – Director
