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If you've been wondering what the new income categories mean for your family, why your fee assistance certificate hasn't arrived yet, or what a "Basic Allowance for Child Care" could actually do for military families, this Q&A breaks it all down. We covered the fiscal year 2026 updates that just went into effect, walked through our newly updated calculators so you can see what you could potentially pay, and introduced our biggest policy proposal yet: a Basic Allowance for Chi

If you've been feeling confused about the recent military fee assistance changes, you're not alone. We recently hosted an Ask Me Anything session with our founder and CEO, Kayla, to walk through what was supposed to happen on November 1st, why it didn't, and what this all means for your family. Recently, a memo came out from the DoD announcing some significant shifts to the military fee assistance program. The changes included two major updates: moving from 11 total family i

Military families seeking child care fee assistance navigate a complex framework of requirements from three sources: federal statute (10 USC § 1798), DoD policy (DoDI 6060.02), and service-specific implementation. Through a Freedom of Information Act request, OCC Project obtained documents revealing that DoD has added a fourth layer through "Business Rules" developed following the September 2023 Child Care Summit. Rather than removing barriers, these rules rename and reorgani