Examining Child Care Need Among Military Families
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Examining Child Care Need Among Military Families
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Author : Susan M. Gates
language : en
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Release Date : 2006
Examining Child Care Need Among Military Families written by Susan M. Gates and has been published by Rand Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Family & Relationships categories.
The Department of Defense (DoD) supports the largest employer-sponsored system of high-quality child care in the country. Through accredited child development centers (CDCs), family child care (FCC) homes, youth programs, and other before- and after-school programs, the DoD provides care to over 174,000 military children aged 0 through 12 years. To evaluate the system's ability to meet the child care needs of military families, DoD needs information on the magnitude of potential need. For a number of years, the DoD has been using a formula that translates the basic demographic characteristics of the military population into an estimate of the potential need for child care (see the companion monograph Providing Child Care to Military Families: The Role of the Demand Formula in Defining Need and Informing Policy, MG-387-OSD, by Joy S. Moini, Gail L. Zellman, and Susan M. Gates). The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) asked the RAND Corporation to collect data on child care need and child care use, assess the validity of the DoD formula, and recommend improvements to the formula. Data for the assessment came from a 2004 survey of military families about child care issues. This technical report describes and analyzes the data from that survey. It documents survey methods, defines three outcomes of potential interest to DoD (reported child-care usage, unmet child-care need, and unmet child-care preference), presents detailed results of an analysis of these outcomes among military families, and analyzes the relationships between these outcomes and military readiness and retention. For example, the data identified an important relationship between unmet child-care preference and propensity to leave the military: Families that express unmet child-care preference-that is, they are using one form of child care but would prefer another-are also more likely to report that child care issues might drive them to leave the military. This report will be of interest to officials responsible for DoD child-care policy and other quality of life issues. It should also be of interest to child care managers in other federal organizations, child care researchers, and child care policymakers at the national, state, and local levels who grapple with the issue of estimating the need for child care.
Providing Child Care To Military Families
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Author : Joy S. Moini
language : en
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Release Date : 2006
Providing Child Care To Military Families written by Joy S. Moini and has been published by Rand Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Political Science categories.
The Office of the Secretary of Defense asked the RAND Corporation to assess the Department of Defense (DoD) child-care demand formula as a tool for translating information on military families into measures of potential child-care need and to suggest ways that the tool might be improved. The authors assess the validity of the DoD formula in meeting child-care needs, analyze the factors that influence key child-care outcomes, and address the broader issue of how DoD can refine its goals for military child care.
Examining The Cost Of Military Child Care
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
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The Department of Defense (DoD) has developed an impressive system for delivering quality child care to the children of DoD employees. This system currently provides care to nearly 200,000 children on a daily basis, ranging in age from six weeks to 12 years. To care for these children, the DoD operates Child Development Centers (CDCs) around the world, supports a network of Family Child Care (FCC) homes, and offers before and after-school, holiday, and summer programs for school-age children. The military child-care system is the largest system of employer- sponsored child care in the country, and it has received wide recognition for the high-quality and affordable care it provides. At the same time, the DoD has been under pressure to control expenditures and has explored how the cost of support activities such as child care might be reduced. In the mid-1990s, part of this examination included discussions on the feasibility and potential value of outsourcing military child care. Although the impetus to outsource has waned as policymakers realized that there were limited opportunities for cost savings through outsourcing of child care, given the strict staffing requirements in the delivery of high-quality care, information about the cost of child care remains an important management and policy tool.
Examining The Cost Of Military Child Care
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Author : Gail Zellman
language : en
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Release Date : 2002
Examining The Cost Of Military Child Care written by Gail Zellman and has been published by Minnesota Historical Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Family & Relationships categories.
The Department of Defense (DoD) has developed an impressive system for delivering quality child care to the children of DoD empl.
Options For Improving The Military Child Care System
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Author : Gail Zellman
language : en
Publisher: Occasional Papers
Release Date : 2008
Options For Improving The Military Child Care System written by Gail Zellman and has been published by Occasional Papers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Business & Economics categories.
"The evidence presented in this paper questions whether the current U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) system of in-kind subsidies for child care is meeting DoD recruitment, readiness, and retention goals or service member needs in an optimal way. DoD appears to be reaping limited benefits from the substantial subsidies provided to families that use Child Development Centers. Many families cannot or choose not to use the subsidized on-base DoD programs; these families receive no support for child care costs. The authors' findings suggest that the DoD child care system could change in a number of ways to better meet DoD and family needs. First, it could redistribute resources within the current system. Rethinking priority policies from the perspective of both child care need and the degree to which care characteristics fit with likely DoD and service member needs would be another important way to change the system. DoD may also wish to expand the child care benefit to cover more military families and a broader set of child care needs. Alternatively, DoD could expand access to child care through the use of cash benefits, vouchers, and/or negotiated discounts with local providers that meet quality standards, while continuing to provide some amount of DoD Family Child Care homes and Child Development Center care. DoD may also want to invest more resources in assessing the value of child care benefits, as it does for other military compensation components." -- provided by publisher.
Military Child Care
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Author : U.s. Government Accountability Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-04
Military Child Care written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-04 with categories.
"About a million military servicemembers serve the United States while raising a family, and many need reliable, affordable child care. Paying for high-quality child care can be challenging for these families, so the Department of Defense (DOD) offsets costs by subsidizing on-installation child care centers and offering subsidies for approved off-installation care providers. Deployments related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan increased the demand for child care. The extent of military families' out-of-pocket child care costs for those using subsidized care are not known, and families may face barriers to obtaining DOD-subsidized care. GAO was mandated to examine: (1) the out-of-pocket child care costs paid by military families who use DOD-subsidized care; and (2) the barriers, if any, to obtaining DOD-subsidized care, and what has DOD done in response.To address these objectives, GAO reviewed DOD policies and guidance; interviewed officials from DOD, its contractor that administers DOD's off-installation child care subsidies, and organizations that support military families; reviewed DOD fee data for school year 2009-2010 (school year 2010) and school year 2010-2011 (school year 2011); and analyzed child care costs for a random probability sample of 338 families using off-installation care in school year 2010. GAO conducted nongeneralizable discussion groups with military parents at two large military installations."
Understanding The Needs Of Children And Families Especially During Times Of Military Deployment
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Subcommittee on Children and Families
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Understanding The Needs Of Children And Families Especially During Times Of Military Deployment written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Subcommittee on Children and Families and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Family & Relationships categories.
Assessing The Validity Of The Qualistar Early Learning Quality Rating And Improvement System As A Tool For Improving Child Care Quality
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Author : Gail Zellman
language : en
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Release Date : 2008
Assessing The Validity Of The Qualistar Early Learning Quality Rating And Improvement System As A Tool For Improving Child Care Quality written by Gail Zellman and has been published by Rand Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Education categories.
As a result of the generally low quality of child care in the United States, quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs) are proliferating in the child-care arena. This study examines the QRIS developed by Qualistar Early Learning, a nonprofit organization based in Colorado, evaluating how reliable the system's components are, whether the QRIS process helped providers to improve, and whether and how much children benefit from such improvement.
Serving Military Families In The 21st Century
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Author : Karen Rose Blaisure
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-08-17
Serving Military Families In The 21st Century written by Karen Rose Blaisure and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-17 with Family & Relationships categories.
This text introduces readers to military families, their resilience, and the challenges of military life. Personal stories from active duty, National Guard, reservists, veterans, and their families, from all branches and ranks of the military, and those who work with military personnel, bring their experiences to life. A review of the latest research, theories, policies, and programs better prepares readers for working with military families. Objectives, key terms, tables, figures, summaries, and exercises, including web based exercises, serve as a chapter review. The book concludes with a glossary of key terms. Engaging vignettes are featured throughout: · Voices from the Frontline offer personal accounts of issues faced by actual program leaders, practitioners, researchers, policy makers, service members, and their families. · Spotlight on Research highlights the latest studies on dealing with combat related issues. · Best Practices review the optimal strategies used in the field. · Tips from the Frontline offer suggestions from experienced personnel. The book opens with an introduction to military culture and family life. Joining the military and why people do so are explored in chapter 2. Next, life in the military including relocation, employment, education, and deployment are examined. Daily lives of children in military families are explored in chapter 4. How stress and resilience theories are used in working with military families are then reviewed. Chapter 6 focuses on milestones experienced by service members and programs that support them through these transitions. Everyday issues caused by the trauma of war are reviewed in Chapters 7 and 8. Programs, policies, and organizations that serve military families in dealing with deployment, education, and health and child care are explored in chapters 9 and 10 followed by initiatives supporting reintegration and reunification issues. Next, how to work with families and those who have experienced traumatic events is considered. The book concludes with a review of career opportunities and stories from working professionals. Intended as a text for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses on military families or as a supplement for courses on the family, marriage and family, stress and coping, or family systems taught in family studies, human development, clinical or counseling psychology, sociology, social work, and nursing, this book also appeals to helping professionals who work with military families.
Examining The Implementation And Outcomes Of The Military Child Care Act Of 1989
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Examining The Implementation And Outcomes Of The Military Child Care Act Of 1989 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Child care services categories.
This research was sponsored by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (Personnel Support, Families and Education). This report is the second of two that explore the implementation of the Military Child Care Act (MCCA) of 1989. The first report, Examining the Effects of Accreditation on Military Child Development Center Operations and Outcomes, by G. Zellman, A. Johansen, and J. Van Winkle, was published by RAND in 1994.