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 reorganize existing...

Analysis of the September 15, 2023 Pentagon event that was advertised as a comprehensive stakeholder engagement, but excluded the family voices most pivotal to the conversation When Department of Defense personnel announced its upcoming Child Care Summit via now-deleted social media channels in 2023, military families facing child care crises had reason for hope. The event was widely promoted as a comprehensive approach to gather "input from service members and their spouses, child...

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