Civilian Child Care Program (MCCYN) Expands to Increase Affordable, Quality Care for Military Families

Affiliation: DoD, Joint

Location: Participating states

Partners: DoD; states; providers participating in state quality rating systems

What They Did: Expanded MCCYN through the MCCYN-PLUS initiative, allowing licensed community child care providers participating in state quality rating and improvement systems to qualify for DoD fee assistance when national accreditation was not available.

Key Results: Expands the pool of community child care providers eligible for DoD fee assistance in areas where nationally accredited providers are limited.

Replication Takeaway: Use state quality-rating and improvement systems to identify qualified community providers that can participate in military child care assistance when national accreditation is unavailable or impractical.